Abstract
BackgroundMyopericytoma is a rare and usually benign tumor, which is even rarer if it occurs in the liver and stomach space. Previous reports of myopericytoma were mostly related to its pathological manifestations, while imaging reports were rare. Here, we report the computed tomography (CT), computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performance for one deep myopericytoma.Case presentationIn this study, one deep myopericytoma in the liver and stomach space is reported. A CT that was not contrast-enhanced showed a lobulated tumor with heterogeneous density, and a contrast-enhanced CT showed that the mass had progressive enhancement. CTA showed that the blood-supply of the tumor was supplied by the anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery and the left gastric artery. An MRI showed the lesion had isointensity on T1-weighted imaging (T1WI) and slight hyperintensity on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI). The lesion MRI enhancement characteristics were similar to the characteristics from the contrast-enhanced CT. In this case, the enhancement pattern of the tumor was the centrifugal enhancement for both the contrast-enhanced CT and MRI. After surgical resection of the tumor, the pathological diagnosis was myopericytoma, and there was no recurrence in a short-term follow-up.ConclusionThe myopericytoma generally has a rich blood supply. When there is necrosis in the center lesion, the lesion has peripheral enhancement. Abdominal myopericytoma could be categorized as having centrifugal enhancement.
Highlights
Myopericytoma is a rare and usually benign tumor, which is even rarer if it occurs in the liver and stomach space
Abdominal myopericytoma could be categorized as having centrifugal enhancement
Myopericytoma is a rare soft tissue tumor, and the concept of a myopericyte was first proposed by Dictor in 1992 [1]
Summary
Myopericytoma is a rare and usually benign tumor, which is even rarer if it occurs in the liver and stomach space. * Correspondence: baduen.c@163.com 2Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79# Qingchun Road, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310003, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article medical imaging findings. Myopericytoma is generally benign, but when it occurs in a deep location, it is more likely to be a malignant tumor [4].
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