Open AccessSuccessful treatment of multiple hepatocellular adenomas with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation
Author(s) -
Sun Young Ahn,
Soo Young Park,
Young Oh Kweon,
Won Young Tak,
Han Ik Bae,
Seung-Hyun Cho
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i42.7480
Subject(s) - medicine , radiofrequency ablation , hepatocellular adenoma , hepatocellular carcinoma , percutaneous , glycogen storage disease , curative treatment , surgical resection , adenoma , surgery , ablation , radiology , disease
Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is one of the important complications of glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia) because it can be transformed into hepatocellular carcinoma. Although surgical resection is a standard treatment of choice for solitary HCA, multiple HCAs in GSD-Ia patients present as therapeutic challenges for curative treatment. Therefore, treatment strategy according to malignant potential is important in management of HCAs in GSD-Ia. The authors present a case of histologically proven multiple HCAs without β-catenin mutations occurred in a GSD-Ia patient treated successfully with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation as a minimally invasive therapy.