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Abstract
In order to consider possible environmental factors related to the development of
benign hepatic tumors, all reports of this disorder in the case records of five different
hospitals in Rochester, New York, during the past 10 years were reviewed. Seven patients
with benign hepatic tumors of the liver and two with peliosis hepatis were identified.
Among the seven with a benign hepatic tumor, four were women currently receiving oral
contraceptives; one had been receiving this medication in the past, and two had no
history of exposure to any steroid whatsoever. The two patients with peliosis hepatis
were receiving long-term androgenic anabolic steroids. Dilated, thin-walled vessels
and vascular spaces were a more prominent feature of the tumor seen in four patients
receiving oral contraceptive pills. It is emphasized in this report that benign hepatic
tumors do occur in men and in patients with cirrhotic liver without the use of any
kind of steroids.
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Accepted:
March 30,
1976
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© 1976 Published by Elsevier Inc.
