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Multiple hepatocellular adenomas in a patient with a history of oral contraception
Author(s) -
Caballes R.L,
Caballes R.A
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(98)00247-1
Subject(s) - medicine , oral contraception , hepatocellular adenoma , gynecology , obstetrics , family planning , family medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , population , research methodology , environmental health
We report a previously undescribed association between multiple hepatocellular adenomas and the use of oral contraceptives in a 29‐year‐old woman. She underwent trisegmentectomy, with 90% of the liver resected. Based on the rather large size of some of the adenomas at the time of diagnosis, most likely, the lesions were already present years before they were discovered. The liver was fully regenerated 6 months after surgery. Four years later, multiple adenomas recurred. During work‐up for a liver transplant, she was found to have cryptococcal meningitis and pneumohydrocephalus which caused her demise.