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Oral contraceptive‐dependent growth of focal nodular hyperplasia
Author(s) -
NAKAMUTA MAKOTO,
OHASHI MASAO,
FUKUTOMI TAKAYOSHI,
TANABE YUICHI,
HIROSHIGE KAICHIRO,
NAKASHIMA OSAMU,
NAWATA HAJIME
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1994.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , focal nodular hyperplasia , discontinuation , adenoma , hyperplasia , gynecology , radiology , pathology , surgery , hepatocellular carcinoma
A 22 year old woman was incidentally found to have a hepatic small haemangioma‐like mass, measuring 1.4 cm in diameter, by an ultrasonographic examination. The mass demonstrated no change in size or appearance for 6 months until the patient began to take oral contraceptives. Eventually, the mass increased to 2.0 cm in diameter after using oral contraceptives for 6 months. A histological examination suggested the mass to be typical focal nodular hyperplasia, and not hepatic adenoma. There was no further change in either size or appearance in the ensuing 1 year after the discontinuation of oral contraceptives.