Ruptured liver cell adenoma in man: great fortune in misfortune
Monchal, T.; Barbier, L.; Hornez, E.; Marciano, S.; Dales, J.P.; Berdah, S.; Moutardier, V.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica 110(5): 555-557
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5458 PMID: 21158335 Document Number: 640936
Liver cell adenoma is mostly known as a tumour affecting women with long-term use of contraceptive hormones. Its incidence in men is very low, and particularly few cases of acute complications are related in the literature. We report the case of a 44-year-old man presenting with a life-threatening rupture of a hepatic tumour, successfully treated in emergency with primary endovascular embolization, followed by hepatectomy, once stabilized. The pathological findings were fortunately consistent with the diagnosis of liver-cell adenoma. To our knowledge, it is the first case reported in a man treated by a combined interventional radiological and surgical approach.