Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: an unusual association with diabetes mellitus in a child and review of literature.
Hepatic hemangioma, adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia are the most frequent benign lesions of the liver, but they are all infrequent among pediatric population. The reports of focal nodular hyperplasia in children have recently increased in number, with many cases associated to drug intake, particularly to chemotherapy. We here describe, to our knowledge, the first case of focal nodular hyperplasia in association with diabetes mellitus in childhood.
Farruggia
Piero
P
Unit of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, G, Di Cristina Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. farruggia.oep@ospedalecivicopa.org
Alaggio
Rita
R
Cardella
Francesca
F
Tropia
Serena
S
Trizzino
Antonino
A
Ferrara
Francesca
F
D'Angelo
Paolo
P
D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed