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Hepatocellular adenoma history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Small hepatocellular adenomas are generally asymptomatic. Typical clinical manifestations include spontaneous rupture or hemorrhage leading to acute abdominal pain with progression to hypotension and even death. Patients with hepatocellular adenoma typically have a history of oral contraceptive use (females) and long term anabolic steroids use (males).
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
History
- Patients with hepatocellular adenoma present with history of abdominal pain/discomfort.
- Obesity, being a risk factor, can mask the physical examination findings of hepatocellular adenoma.
Symptoms
- Small hepatocellular adenomas are generally asymptomatic.[1][2][3]
- Abdominal pain is the most common presenting symptom in some patients, and the pain is usually related to tumoral hemorrhage.
- Right upper quadrant abdominal fullness or discomfort is present in 40% of the cases due to mass effect.
- Eventually, spontaneous rupture or hemorrhage may occur, leading to acute abdominal pain with progression to hypotension and even death.
- Patients with hepatocellular adenoma typically have a history of oral contraceptive use (females) and long term anabolic steroids use (males).[4][5]
References
References
- ↑ Agrawal, Shefali; Agarwal, Sheela; Arnason, Thomas; Saini, Sanjay; Belghiti, Jacques (2015). “Management of Hepatocellular Adenoma: Recent Advances”. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 13 (7): 1221–1230. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2014.05.023. ISSN 1542-3565.
- ↑ Massimo Roncalli, Amedeo Sciarra & Luca Di Tommaso (2016). “Benign hepatocellular nodules of healthy liver: focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatocellular adenoma”. Clinical and molecular hepatology. 22 (2): 199–211. doi:10.3350/cmh.2016.0101. PMID 27189732. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ David Q. Wang, Laurie M. Fiske, Caroline T. Carreras & David A. Weinstein (2011). “Natural history of hepatocellular adenoma formation in glycogen storage disease type I”. The Journal of pediatrics. 159 (3): 442–446. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.031. PMID 21481415. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Barthelmes L, Tait IS (2005). “Liver cell adenoma and liver cell adenomatosis”. HPB (Oxford). 7 (3): 186–96. doi:10.1080/13651820510028954. PMC 2023950. PMID 18333188.
- ↑ Introduction. Hindawi(2015). http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijh/2013/374170. Accessed on November 2, 2015
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