 Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
"Focal Nodular Hyperplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Solitary or multiple benign hepatic vascular tumors, usually occurring in women of 20-50 years of age. The nodule, poorly encapsulated, consists of a central stellate fibrous scar and normal liver elements such as HEPATOCYTES, small BILE DUCTS, and KUPFFER CELLS among the intervening fibrous septa. The pale colored central scar represents large blood vessels with hyperplastic fibromuscular layer and narrowing lumen.
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D020518
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.552.270
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| Concept/Terms |
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia- Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
- Focal Nodular Hyperplasias
- Hyperplasias, Focal Nodular
- Hyperplasia, Focal Nodular
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Focal Nodular Hyperplasia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Focal Nodular Hyperplasia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Focal Nodular Hyperplasia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Rowan DJ, Allende DS, Bellizzi AM, Gill RM, Liu X, McKenzie CA, Moreira RK, Mounajjed T, Said S, Westerhoff M, Jenkins SM, Batts KP, Burgart LJ, Lamps LW, Graham RP. Diagnostic challenges of focal nodular hyperplasia: interobserver variability, accuracy, and the utility of glutamine synthetase immunohistochemistry. Histopathology. 2021 Nov; 79(5):791-800.
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Lew M, Hissong EM, Westerhoff MA, Lamps LW. Optimizing small liver biopsy specimens: a combined cytopathology and surgical pathology perspective. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2020 Sep - Oct; 9(5):405-421.
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