[Focal nodular hyperplasia - own experiences].
BACKGROUND
focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign tumour of the liver, often discovered incidentally. It occurs mainly in women between 25-44 years old. Though it is rarefy reported in children the evidence has been growing in the recent years.


OBJECTIVE
of our work was to show our experience of focal nodular hyperplasia in pediatric cases.


METHODS
10 children, aged 6-17 years, were hospitalized in the Children's Memorial Health Institute between 2000 and 2005, with provisional diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia. In all children radiological examination was performed. In some cases laparotomy and operative liver biopsy was carried out.


RESULTS
only in 3 children diagnosis of FNH was made from radiological examination. 6 children needed laparotomy and operative liver biopsy. Although operative resection of FNH lesions was carried out in some patients, the authors observed recurrence of hepatic lesions.


CONCLUSIONS
our experiences confirm that nowadays the conservative approach should to be standard procedure in children with FNH. Only in doubtful cases laparotomy is recommended.
Jankowska
Irena
I
Klinika Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii i Immunologii, Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 03-740 Warszawa, Poland.
Pawłowska
Joanna
J
Nachulewicz
Paweł
P
Teisseyre
Mikołaj
M
Liberek
Anna
A
Dzik
Elzbieta
E
Kmiotek
Jakub
J
Kościesza
Andrzej
A
Kalicinski
Piotr
P
Cielecka-Kuszyk
Joanna
J
Stefanowicz
Paweł
P
Czubkowski
Piotr
P
Socha
Jerzy
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome