i,m a pcod patient. for last 20 years im having medicines such as  ---duoluton(L) & gluformin 500mg daily at night after dinner. now a benigntumour has grown as big as 57mmx57mm in liver section v & it is half on the liver and half hanging outside the liver towards the gallbladder. what should  i eat and what am i to do? should it be operated or regular usg to be done, in the hope that tumour may regress in time?
Hi, How are you? I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Benign tumors of the liver are uncommon in general population but are fairly common in patients who take any form of pills with a high estrogen content (oral contraceptive pills, hormonal therapy, anabolic steroids, etc.). Hepatic Adenoid is one such tumor which occurs very often in these set of patients. Going by your history, I would strongly suspect that you have developed an Adenoid in your liver. Although these things remain asymptomatic for a long time, they can cause pain due to increase in size. A more Chat Doctor.  In addition to this, there is also a risk of the tumor becoming cancerous. Follicular nodular hyperplasia of the liver is another possibility, but the current imaging techniques should be able to differentiate the two. The first thing to do after a Hepatic adenoid is diagnosed, is to stop all forms of hormonal therapy. This usually causes a