Ruptured hepatic adenoma in liver adenomatosis: a case report of emergency surgical management.

Hepatogastroenterology

Department of Emergency Surgery, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, University of Milan, Italy.

Published: September 1999

In hepatic adenomatosis, multiple liver cell adenomas (usually > or = 10) generally affects patients with no prior history of oral contraceptive use, androgenic steroid use, or glycogen storage disease. We report a rare case of a 44 year-old female who underwent emergency surgery for hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of a liver cell adenoma in hepatic adenomatosis, after prolonged use of two different contraceptives (Gestodene and Ethinylestradiol).

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