Huge Hepatocellular Adenoma

Huge Hepatocellular Adenoma

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Tomas Urbonas
Department of Emergency Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

A B S T R A C T

Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is generally uncommon benign liver tumor with potential to become malignant. Its prevalence has been increasing steadily secondary to wide use of oral contraceptives and due to the increased use of imaging for a variety of unrelated reasons. Large adenomas may present with chronic abdominal pain. As HCA become larger it is prone to rupture and hemorrhage due to central necrosis because the vascular supply is limited to the surface of the tumor. If left untreated HCA can undergo transformation into hepatocellular carcinoma which can be as high as in 10% of cases1 or even higher. Surgical excision is a preferred method of treatment. Other modalities include embolization of bleeding tumors and ablative modalities in selected cases.

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Article Type
Case Report
Publication history
Received: Thu 21, Nov 2019
Accepted: Mon 06, Jan 2020
Published: Fri 10, Jan 2020
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© 2023 Tomas Urbonas. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.RDI.2019.04.05