Giant hepatocellular adenoma as cause of severe abdominal pain: a case report

The authors describe the case of a large hepatocellular adenoma diagnosed in a 30-year old woman who came to us complaining of acute pain in the upper abdominal quadrants. The patient had been taking an oral contraceptive pill for the last ten years. We present the clinical features, the diagnostic...

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Autores principales: Sandonato, Luigi, Cipolla, Calogero, Graceffa, Giuseppa, Bartolotta, Tommaso V, Li Petri, Sergio, Ciacio, Oriana, Cannizzaro, Fabio, Latteri, Mario A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17662116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-57
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Sumario:The authors describe the case of a large hepatocellular adenoma diagnosed in a 30-year old woman who came to us complaining of acute pain in the upper abdominal quadrants. The patient had been taking an oral contraceptive pill for the last ten years. We present the clinical features, the diagnostic work-up and the treatment prescribed.

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