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Prenatal ultrasound picture showing intra-abdominal cyst measuring 8 x 8 cm.
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Incidentally, during antenatal ultrasound, an intra-abdominal anechoic cyst, just above the level of kidneys, measuring 7 x 8 cm was noted (Figure 1).
Intraoperative picture showing cyst arising from liver.
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At laparotomy, a cystic lesion arising from 5th segment of liver was noted and the same was excised (Figure 2).
Histopathological image with fluid-filled lakes and devoid of epithelium.
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Histopathology revealed that the cyst was devoid of lining epithelium and was lined by hyalinized fibrous tissue suggestive of mesenchymal hamartoma of liver (Figure 3).