Multiple Adenoma (Hamartoma) of the Liver Treated by Subtotal (90%) Resection:*

Liver adenomatosis: re‐evaluation of aetiology and management

“…Furthermore, clinical status, laboratory and radiological evaluation, histopathology, surgical management and outcome were reviewed. All published case reports and series were reviewed and key features were analysed in detail (1–4, 5, 7–9, 11–42). A search in the medical databases Medline (1 January 1960–January 2006), Cochrane database of Systemic Reviews, Cochrane Clinical Trial Register and Embase was performed using MESH terms liver adenoma and liver adenomatosis.…”

The role of liver transplantation for hepatic adenomatosis in the pediatric population: Case report and review of the literature

“…Resection is an option for patients with HA, whose tumors are symptomatic and/or enlarging, assuming the patient meets conventional criteria for resection as with any other tumor, including no extrahepatic disease and the ability to preserve >20% of functioning liver. Some authors have advocated for resection of only the largest and most vulnerable lesions (i.e., subcapsular, exophytic, and hemorrhagic lesions) while still leaving additional adenomas behind (2, 5, 6, 12). Ribeiro et al.…”

Cryotherapy of Implanted Cancer in the Rat Liver

“…Intra-arterial particulate radioisotopes therapy has, in our hands [6,14], and in the experience of others [2,3], offered additional help. Rarely, a solitary primary or metastatic liver tumor has been successfully resected [4,8,[10][11][12]15]. Kluge and Ullal [7] have described successful electrosurgical resection of large portions of the normal dog liver, requiring no ligation of vessels 3 mm of less producing no biliary fistula, hematoma or, infection.…”