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DIAGNOSTIC AIDS FOR BENIGN TUMOURS OF THE LIVER IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
HOLMIN T.,
KULLENDORFF C. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb05781.x
Subject(s) - medicine , expansive , radiology , angiography , ultrasonography , hemangioma , homogeneous , abdominal ultrasonography , materials science , compressive strength , physics , composite material , thermodynamics
. Holmin, T. and Kullendorff, C. M. (Departments of Surgery and Paediatric Surgery, University of Lund, Sweden). Diagnostic aids for benign tumours of the liver in children. Acta Paediatr Scand, 70:755,.–Primary benign tumour of the liver in 2 children was successfully extirpated. The tumours had appeared as a palpable abdominal mass. Laboratory examinations, pulmonary X‐ray and urography were in the main normal. Abdominal plain films revealed an expansive process. Ultrasonography and computerized tomography showed in one of the cases a left‐sided homogeneous tumour of the liver. These non‐invasive methods of investigation are easy to perform in children and give ample information. Angiography appears to be no longer necessary in the preoperative investigation. The treatment of localized benign tumours is mainly surgical. With the exception of hemangioma, the prognosis in cases of benign hepatic tumour is good.