Malignant transformation of hepatocellular adenoma: report of a case

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Mar 26:35:92. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.92.17416. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Hepatocellular adenomas are benign liver tumours that occur mainly but not exclusively in young women taking contraceptives. Their malignant transformation into hepatocellular carcinoma is a rare complication that has been rarely reported in women taking contraceptives. The purpose of our work is to remind the epidemiological and diagnostic features of malignant transformation of hepatic adenomas by reporting the case of a hepatocellular carcinoma developed from a hepatocellular adenoma diagnosed within the Pathology Department of the Mohammed VI university hospital of Oujda.

Keywords: Hepatocellular adenoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; malignant transformation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Liver Cell / diagnosis
  • Adenoma, Liver Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged