A further case of hepatocytic adenoma following oestrogenprogestogen treatment. Review of the literature
Grandjean, J.P.; Vignal, J.; Seffert, P.; Mestrallet, G.; Beurlet, J.; Quiviger, P.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 56(7-8): 383-392
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 6246638 Document Number: 157447
A young woman taking contraceptive hormone treatment for many years developed a hepatocytic adenoma discovered after a massive hemorrhage into the tumor. The patient recovered after a hepatectomy. A total of 160 such cases have been reported in the published literature, and recovery occurred after excision of the lesion in the majority of cases. Stopping the oestrogen-progestogen therapy seems to avoid recurrence but it is still not known whether this is sufficient to produce regression of a benign tumoral lesion.