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Multiple focal nodular hyperplasias induced by oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy

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Abstract

that affects normal liver with low prevalence. Recently, the extensive use of oxaliplatin to treat patients with colorectal cancer has been reported to be associated with the development of different liver injuries, as well as focal liver lesions. The present work describes two patients with multiple bilateral focal liver lesions misdiagnosed as colorectal liver metastases, and treated with liver resection. The first patient had up to 15 small bilateral focal liver lesions, with magnetic resonance imaging consistent with colorectal liver metastases (CLM), and fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) negative. The second patient had up to 5 small focal liver lesions, with computed tomography consistent with CLM, and FDG-PET negative. They had parenchyma sparing liver surgery, with uneventful postoperative course. At the histology the diagnosis was multiple FNHs. The risks of oxaliplatinbased chemotherapy regimens in development of liver injuries, such as FNH, should not be further denied. The value of the modern multidisciplinary management of patients with colorectal cancer relies also on the precise estimation of the risk/benefit for each patient

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)340-344
Number of pages5
JournalWorld Journal of Hepatology
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal liver metastasis
  • Focal nodular hyperplasia
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Systemic chemotherapy

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