title: Management of benign hepatic tumors.
abstract: Advances in imaging techniques will dramatically decrease the number of undiagnosed tumors. New molecular techniques should allow the identification of pathologic factors that are predictive of complicated forms. Surgery should be limited to symptomatic benign tumors or those who have a risk for complication (hemorrhage, rupture, or degeneration). When surgery is indicated, patients with benign disease are the best candidates for laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tulane Abdominal Transplant Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. jbuell1@tulane.edu
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Buell
authors.forename: Hadrien
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tranchart
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dagher
mesh_terms: D018248:Adenoma, Liver Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery