ABSTRACT
PIP: The case is described of a 36-year old female patient who developed a benign hepatic cell adenoma after having taken oral contraceptives (OCs) for several years. The tumor, which was situated on the central part of the right lobe, because of disintegration and hemorrhage broke through to the surface and caused a massive subcapsular hemorrhage. After subtotal hepatectomy the patient recovered uneventfully, and has remained symptom-free since that time. As far as is known, this was the 2nd successful subtotal hepatectomy in Hungary. The authors review the literature on the relationship between OCs and liver tumors. They call attention to the rapidly increasing occurrence, in Hungary, of these tumors, and to a tendency to life-threatening hemorrhages, which in the majority of cases require extensive hepatic resection. They describe various possibilities and methods of surgical care.^ieng
