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| Hepatic hemangioma and focal nodular hyperplasia in a Nigerian patient with hepatitis B virus infection | ||||||
| Aderemi O Oluyemi1, Adekunle O Adeyomoye2, Nicholas A Awolola3 | ||||||
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1General Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.
2Department of Radiodiagnosis, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria. 3Department of Morbid Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria. | ||||||
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| Oluyemi AO, Adeyomoye AO, Awolola NA. Hepatic hemangioma and focal nodular hyperplasia in a Nigerian patient with hepatitis B virus infection. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012;3(11):8–10. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Hepatic hemangiomas (HH) and focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) are, by far singly and combined together, the most frequently occurring benign liver lesions. The association between these two tumors is well documented in literature. The association has been suggested to spring from a common etiopathogenetic mechanism.
Case Report: A 42-year-old male presented for evaluation as a routine pre-blood donation screen had shown that he was hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive. An abdominal ultrasonography showed two distinct hyperechogenic intrahepatic masses. One mass was diagnosed with doppler ultrasound as hemangioma and a ultrasound-guided biopsy of the other mass revealed hepatocellular hyperplasia. Conclusion: This case for the first time documents the interesting HH/FNH association from Nigeria. It also details what, to the best of our knowledge, is the first time that these diseases are being documented as coexisting with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. | |
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Key Words:
Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatic hemangioma, Hepatitis B infection, Nigeria
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Author Contributions:
Aderemi Oluyemi - Initial conception and design, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article Adekule Adeyomoye - Contributed substantially in the design of the report. He provided the abdominal ultrasonography, guided the liver biopsy and Critical revision of this case report Nicholas Awolola - Contributed substantially in the design of the report. He provided the histology for the report and made critical revisions to the article content |
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Guarantor of submission:
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support:
None |
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Conflict of interest:
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright:
© Aderemi Oluyemi et al. 2012; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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