Hepatocellular adenoma
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| ICD-9 | xxx |
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| DiseasesDB | 5726 |
| eMedicine | med/48 |
Hepatocellular adenoma is an uncommon benign liver tumour which is associated with the use of oral contraceptive pills with a high oestrogen content.<ref>Rooks J, Ory H, Ishak K, Strauss L, Greenspan J, Hill A, Tyler C (1979). "Epidemiology of hepatocellular adenoma. The role of oral contraceptive use.". JAMA 242 (7): 644-8. PMID 221698.</ref> MRI is the most useful investigation in the diagnosis and workup.<ref>Hussain S, van den Bos I, Dwarkasing R, Kuiper J, den Hollander J (2006). "Hepatocellular adenoma: findings at state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, computed tomography and pathologic analysis.". Eur Radiol 16 (9): 1873-86. PMID 16708218.</ref> All hepatocellular adenoma should be surgically resected, because of the risk of rupture causing bleeding and because they may contain malignant foci.<ref>Toso C, Majno P, Andres A, Rubbia-Brandt L, Berney T, Buhler L, Morel P, Mentha G (2005). "Management of hepatocellular adenoma: solitary-uncomplicated, multiple and ruptured tumors.". World J Gastroenterol 11 (36): 5691-5. PMID 16237767.Full text</ref>
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