Recurrence of Multiple Focal Nodular Hyperplasia in a Young Male Patient.

Author: Eun CHUNG ¹ ; Chung Hwa PARK ; Jeana KIM ; Nam Ik HAN ; Young Sok LEE ; Ho Joong CHOI ; Si Hyun BAE ; Il Young PARK
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Reports ; English Abstract
Keywords: Focal nodular hyperplasia; Diagnosis
MeSH: Adenoma, Liver Cell/diagnosis/pathology; Bile Ducts/pathology/surgery; Contrast Media/diagnostic use; Focal Nodular Hyperplasia/*diagnosis/pathology; Humans; Liver Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Young Adult
From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2014;64(1):49-53
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is the second most common benign hepatic tumor that is usually found in women. Diagnosis of FNH mainly depends on imaging studies such as color Doppler flow imaging, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. It is characterized by the presence of stellate central scar and is nowadays incidentally diagnosed with increasing frequency due to advances in radiologic imaging technique. FNH typically presents as a single lesion in 70% of cases and generally does not progress to malignancy or recur after resection. Herein, we report a case of a young male patient with recurrent multiple FNH who underwent surgical resection for presumed hepatic adenoma on computed tomography.