Article
Hepatocellular adenoma displaying a HNF1alpha inactivation in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis coli.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Dec 2006
Jeannot Emmanuelle, Wendum Dominique, Paye François, Mourra Najat, de Toma Claudia, Fléjou Jean-François, Zucman-Rossi Jessica
Abstract excerpt
Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis coli (FAP) may rarely develop hepatocellular adenoma. Here we report the case of a 37-year-old FAP woman presenting a hepatocellular adenoma after oestroprogestative oral contraception use. In this steatotic adenoma, we identified an inactivating biallelic mutation of HNF1alpha. In addition to the known germline APC mutation Q1062fs, we did not find an inactivation of...
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