Benign tumors of the liver in children: analysis of a series of 20 cases.
Twenty children were treated for a benign hepatic tumor during a 17-year period. One child was not operated upon but followed since birth for 2 years by ultrasonogram. Mesenchymal hamartoma was found in 8 cases, a solitary cyst in 4, and 3 other cases of hamartomas were without cystic components. Two girls had lesions corresponding to focal nodular hyperplasia; two children had a solitary adenoma. Radical surgical treatment was possible in all 19 operated cases, except one case of focal nodular hyperplasia where a right lobectomy would have been necessary. Ultrasonography and angiography are the main explorations to be undertaken before treatment; preoperative embolization of the main arteries to the tumor was done in five cases, with unquestionable advantage in four of them. No mortality was recorded and results were good with a mean follow-up of 19 months.
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications