Giant liver hemangioma: The role of female sex hormones and treatment

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Van Malenstein, Hannah ^a   Maleux, Geert ^a   Monbaliu, Diethard ^a   Verslype, Chris ^a   Komuta, Mina ^a   Roskams, Tania ^a   Laleman, Wim ^a   Cassiman, David ^a   Fevery, Johan ^a   Aerts, Raymond ^a   Pirenne, Jacques ^a   Nevens, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cavernous hemangioma; female sex hormones; giant liver hemangioma; transcatheter arterial embolization; transplantation

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GIANT LIVER HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955071512     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328345c87d     Document Type: Article

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