Work

Hepatic adenoma in pregnancy: A novel arterial embolization of hepatic adenoma in a pregnant patient

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A 31-year-old Caucasian female presented to the emergency department where a CT revealed a large right lobe liver mass found to be a hepatic adenoma. The patient ceased taking her oral contraceptives, but subsequently became pregnant. Serial ultrasounds revealed the adenoma was enlarging steadily throughout pregnancy, and the patient underwent a hepatic adenoma trans-arterial embolization at 33 weeks gestation to reduce the risk of bleeding in the third trimester and during labor. Embolization for treatment of a hepatic adenoma in a patient who is pregnant is a relatively novel approach to reducing the tumor size and reducing the bleeding risk associated with the third trimester of pregnancy. The patient had no postprocedure complications, and postprocedure imaging revealed the hepatic adenoma decreased in size with no further intervention required to date.

Source: Radiology Case Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.01.085

Authors: Deborah Keen, Miranda Hannah, Jeanette Fulton, Jonathan West

Institutions: University of South Carolina, Lexington Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Subfield: Hepatology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $600