Rapid disappearance of hepatic adenoma after contraceptive withdrawal

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 234-236

  Aseni, Paolo ^a,c   Sansalone, Cosimo Vincenzo ^a   Sammartino, Cinzia ^a   Di Benedetto, Fabrizio ^a   Carrafiello, Gianpaolo ^a   Giacomoni, Alessandro ^a   Osio, Chiara ^a   Vertemati, Maurizio ^b   Forti, Domenico ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Trapianti Addominali Pizzamiglio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign liver tumors; Hepatic adenoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL-NORGESTREL COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034892359     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200109000-00015     Document Type: Article

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