Spontaneous resolution of oral-contraceptive-associated liver tumor.
Follow-up by computed tomography (CT) was quite useful in a woman with an oral-contraceptive-associated benign hepatic cell adenoma. Follow-up by CT without therapy (except to stop the oral contraceptives) was sufficient to show spontaneous regression of the lesion.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003279:Contraceptives, Oral, Sequential / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003279:Contraceptives, Oral, Sequential