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| Image = Focal_nodular_hyperplasia_-_intermed_mag.jpg | |||
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| Caption = Focal nodular hyperplasia. [[H&E stain]]. | |||
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| Micro = thick walled blood vessels without bile ducts of same size, bile ductular proliferation at the edge of the fibrosis tissue | |||
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| LMDDx = [[hepatic adenoma]], [[cirrhosis]] | |||
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| Gross = well circumscribed with capsule, lighter than surrounding parenchyma - may be yellow, +/-stellate central scar with thick vessels | |||
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| Site = [[liver]] - see ''[[medical liver disease]]'' | |||
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| Syndromes = [[hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia]] | |||
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| Rads = usu. solitary lesion, arterial phase enhancement in triphasic imaging | |||
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| Prognosis = benign | |||
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'''Focal nodular hyperplasia''', abbreviated '''FNH''', is a benign [[liver]] lesion, uncommonly seen by pathologists. | '''Focal nodular hyperplasia''', abbreviated '''FNH''', is a benign [[liver]] lesion, uncommonly seen by pathologists. | ||
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*Lighter than surrounding parenchyma, may be yellow. | *Lighter than surrounding parenchyma, may be yellow. | ||
*+/-Stellate central scar with thick vessels. | *+/-Stellate central scar with thick vessels. | ||
**Can be identified on | **Can be identified on medical imaging. | ||
Note: Usually a solitary lesion.<ref name=emedicine_fnh/> | Note: Usually a solitary lesion.<ref name=emedicine_fnh/> | ||