Hepatocellular adenoma in a beta-thalassemic woman having secondary iron overload.
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ABSTRACT
An 18-year-old woman had a hepatocellular adenoma of 4 cm across in the right lobe of the liver which was severely hemosiderotic because of beta-thalassemia hemoglobin E disease with numerous blood transfusions. The lesion was an accidental postmortem finding. To our knowledge, this is the second example of liver-cell adenoma occurring in a patient with beta-thalassemia hemoglobin E disease with secondary iron overload. It is suggested that this is an association between hepatocellular adenoma and secondary iron overload of liver cells, a similar event to the relation observed in hepatocellular carcinoma and secondary iron overload of hepatocytes.
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Main subject:
Blood Transfusion
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Female
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Humans
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Hemoglobin E
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Adolescent
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Beta-Thalassemia
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Adenoma, Liver Cell
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Iron
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Liver Neoplasms
Language:
English
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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