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The fourth known case of primary leiomyoma of the liver is described. This diagnosis depends on the exclusion of leiomyoma at other intraabdominal sites and careful histologic review to exclude malignant change. In the presented case, multiple noninvasive imaging modalities failed to allow a tissue specific diagnosis, although magnetic resonance imaging of the liver did add useful information. For this problem, hepatic lobectomy is both diagnostic and curative.
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Reinertson, T.E., Fortune, J.B., Peters, J.C. et al. Primary leiomyoma of the liver. Digest Dis Sci 37, 622–627 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307591
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