Open AccessCo-existence of hepatocellular adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia in a young female
Author(s) -
Dimitrios Dimitroulis,
Panagiotis Laïnas,
Petros Charalampoudis,
Theodore Karatzas,
Ioanna Delladetsima,
Stratigoula Sakellariou,
Nikolaos P. Karidis,
Gregory Kouraklis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v4.i11.314
Subject(s) - medicine , focal nodular hyperplasia , hepatocellular adenoma , asymptomatic , lesion , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , laparotomy , wedge resection , adenoma , hepatocellular carcinoma , abdominal pain , ultrasound , surgery , pathology , resection
Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and hepatocellular adenoma (HA) are both benign hepatocellular lesions, presenting mainly in women of childbearing age in non-cirrhotic, non-fibrotic livers. Simultaneous occurrence of these two lesions is extremely rare. We herein report a case of a young female without any predisposing risk factors who presented to our emergency department complaining of acute abdominal pain. Imaging studies revealed a 6 cm lesion in the right hepatic lobe and a 2.5 cm lesion in the left hepatic lobe, respectively. In view of the patient's symptoms and lack of a confirmed diagnosis based on imaging, we performed a bisegmentectomy V-VI and a wedge resection of the lesion in segment III by laparotomy. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the fourth postoperative day. The pathology report demonstrated an HA in segments V-VI and FNH in segment III, respectively. Six months later, the patient remains asymptomatic with normal liver function tests, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up. To our best knowledge, this is the first case to describe simultaneous occurrence of HA and FNH without the presence of any known risk factors for these entities. The uncertainty in diagnosis and acuteness of presenting symptoms were established criteria for prompt surgical intervention.