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adenoma
(redirected from Hepatocellular adenoma)

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adenoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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adenoma [‚ad·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A benign tumor of glandular origin and structure.


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5 syndrome hemangioendothelioma Li-Fraumeni syndrome Hepatoblastoma, undifferentiated 17p13 sarcoma Trisomy 18 Hepatoblastoma 18 Glycogen storage Hepatocellular adenoma or 17 disease types Ia, carcinoma, hepatoblastoma III, IV Disease Gene Familial adenomatous APC polyposis Beckwith-Wiedemann p57KIP2, others syndrome Li-Fraumeni syndrome TP53 Trisomy 18 .
Four specific neoplasms were observed in all of the studies, and increases in the incidences of these neoplasms were considered to be related to treatment: cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular adenoma of the liver, cystic keratinizing epithelioma (CKE) of the lung, and gingival squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral mucosa (Table 1).
Sixty-six pathologists (37%) gave a false neoplastic diagnosis (hepatocellular carcinoma, 21; metastatic carcinoma not otherwise specified [NOS], 1; metastatic small cell carcinoma, 1; benign neoplasm NOS, 5; hepatocellular adenoma, 36; adenocarcinoma including primary or metastatic, 2), whereas 7 pathologists gave a false suspicious diagnosis (hepatocellular carcinoma, 3; necrotic-nondiagnostic, 1; benign neoplasm NOS, 1; inflammatory, 1; other, 1).
 
 
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