Causes and symptoms of liver fibroma
The liver plays the role of a continuously working filter that passes all the blood circulating through the body through itself. The liver's job is to convert nutrients and medicines from the digestive system into chemical structures that the body can use further. The liver also performs other functions, such as preparing and removing toxins and other harmful substances from the body. The liver is made up of cells of different types, so it has the ability to form tumors of various types.
Fibroma (from the Latin for "fiber") is a benign tumor, consisting of connective tissue with a fibrous structure. This tumor can sometimes be combined with the growth of other types of tissues, which include muscle, vascular and glandular tissues. The appearance of fibroids can occur on the mucous membrane, different areas of the skin, in the mammary gland, tendons, uterus, liver. A tumor of a malignant type is called fibrosarcoma.
Content:
- Causes and symptoms of liver fibroma
- Diagnostics of the liver fibroma
- Liver fibroma treatment
- Tendon fibroma
Causes and symptoms of liver fibroma
The causes of the disease are poorly understood and there is no clear list of them. You can name some of the factors affecting the development of liver fibroids. These include heredity, the use of hormonal medications, alcohol abuse, and smoking. A negative factor is the consumption of large amounts of animal fats and the restriction in the diet of fiber contained in legumes, buckwheat and corn grits, vegetables, fruits. Although there is also no evidence of the influence of these reasons on the development of fibroids.
In most cases, the small size of liver fibroids is not noted by any symptoms, therefore, it is usually detected by accident during a planned ultrasound scan. The large size of fibroids in the liver is manifested by pain in the upper abdomen, which occurs during mechanical pressure of the tumor on neighboring organs. Feeling of nausea may appear, belching of air may occur. The absence of specific features to distinguish between benign and malignant formations requires the use of additional features.
Diagnostics of the liver fibroma
Diagnosis of this disease begins with the patient's complaints (how long have the symptoms appeared and what their specific manifestations are), then the patient's life is analyzed (the presence of bad habits, lifestyle and nutrition, existing diseases), after which the doctor analyzes the family history for hereditary diseases and carries out an objective inspection. To clarify the diagnosis, it is necessary to use the data of laboratory blood tests (general, biochemical, tumor markers).
A clear idea of the presence of a tumor, its size and other parameters is given by ultrasound or MRI. In most cases, a study of the histological material obtained as a result of a puncture biopsy of the tumor is performed. The examination may require such procedures as X-ray, elastography, MRPHG, additional consultations of a gastroenterologist and therapist. All diagnostic measures are aimed at having clear confirmation of the benign quality of the tumor under study and identifying concomitant diseases.
Liver fibroma treatment
The course of the disease without manifested symptoms requires constant monitoring by an oncologist, since liver fibroma has the ability to resolve on its own and there is no need for treatment. Withdrawal of hormonal-type drugs also promotes regression. Surgical intervention is prescribed only with significant growth of fibroids with manifested symptoms, when the tumor can rupture. Fibroma of the liver is extremely rare, grows slowly, its cells cannot move to neighboring organs (they do not metastasize).
There is no specific method for the prevention of liver fibroids. As a preventive measure, it is recommended to observe certain dietary principles: limiting animal fats, fried, spicy and smoked foods, banning fast food, increasing consumption of foods with fiber content. It is advisable to quit smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages and, if possible, do not take drugs containing hormones.
Tendon fibroma
Tendons (ligaments) are designed to play a specific role in movement. They connect the muscle or its active part to another part dedicated to motor function - usually bone. The force with which the muscle fibers contract is concentrated in the tendon, then with its help it is transmitted to the part of the body necessary for movement. Tendons are a special continuation of muscles, they are based on connective tissue.
Fibroma is a formation of a benign type formed by fibers of connective tissue, sometimes in combination with overgrown tissues of other types: muscle, glandular, vascular. Fibromic tumors can occur in any part of the body (skin, mucous membrane, mammary gland, tendon, uterus) where there is connective tissue. Multiple manifestations of fibroids are called fibromatosis.
Tendon fibroma, as a rule, does not degenerate into a malignant tumor. The reasons for its occurrence are currently being studied, but observations record the relationship between the occurrence of fibroids and hereditary factors, injuries or inflammatory processes in the tendons. Fibromic tumor has a slow growth, its significant increase can impede the movement and work of adjacent organs.
When making a diagnosis, diagnostic measures are aimed at differentiating a tumor with cancerous formations, which are characterized by the destruction of the surrounding tissue and rapid growth. The final diagnosis is made after a biopsy, the material of which undergoes histological examination. Fibroma of the tendon lends itself only to surgical treatment performed on an outpatient basis using local anesthesia. The operation using modern techniques minimally traumatizes the tissues and reduces the rock of rehabilitation.
Article author: Mochalov Pavel Alexandrovich | d. m. n. therapist
Education: Moscow Medical Institute. IM Sechenov, specialty - "General Medicine" in 1991, in 1993 "Occupational Diseases", in 1996 "Therapy".
