Liver Tumours

Haemangiomas are the commonest benign liver tumours, are mostly small, and can enlarge with oestrogen (pregnancy, the pill).

What our notes say

Haemangiomas are the commonest benign liver tumours, are mostly small, and can enlarge with oestrogen (pregnancy, the pill). (Internal Medicine CAT 1 (MBIM 6112), 2019/2020: gastroenterology and hepatology,)
Liver tumours are a contraindication, because oestrogen can make them grow. (Year 4 Gynaecology CAT (MBOG 4212): 15 March 2019, 39 of 40 MCQs)
Topics tested: HIV and the gut, diarrhoea (infectious and non-infectious), alcoholic liver disease, hepatitis A, B and C, cirrhosis, liver tumours, cholera, shigella, gallstones and pancreatitis. (Internal Medicine CAT 1 (MBIM 6112), 2019/2020: gastroenterology and hepatology,)
Liver tumours: benign, primary malignant and metastatic (Liver tumours: benign, primary malignant and metastatic)
After this note you should be able to name each liver tumour, link it to its risk factor and tumour marker, say which one you must never biopsy, and choose the right investigation and treatment.* (Liver tumours: benign, primary malignant and metastatic)