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Cavernous hemangiomas are the most common benign tumors of the liver. Twenty-four patients who had hepatic resections for giant symptomatic hepatic hemangiomas during a six year period at a single institute were retrospectively reviewed to analyze indications for surgical treatment and evaluate operative mortality and morbidity. There were 18 women and six men varying in age from 41 to 69 years with an average age of 52.5 years. Moderate to severe pain, discomfort, feeling of fullness, bloating and sensation of an abdominal mass were the most commonly reported symptoms. Ten patients had moderate anemia and two had severe anemia. Tumors were visualized by ultrasonography in all patients and by computed tomography in 18. Angiography was performed in all patients with diagnostic confirmation of a benign hemangioma in all but one patient in whom an angiosarcoma was suspected. The resection was feasible in each patient: 20 minor hepatic resections (three wedge, 11 segmentectomies, six bisegmentectomies) and four right hepatic lobectomies were carried out. There were no surgical deaths. Two patients had postoperative complications: one patient had a pneumonia on the right side and one had wound infection. The benign nature of the tumors was confirmed in all. The lesions varied in size from 5.6 to 26 centimeters in diameter. Symptoms and hematologic disorders were relieved in all patients in the follow-up. The results of our experience confirm that resection for giant symptomatic hepatic hemangioma represents a safe radical curative procedure. Medical treatment is justified in smaller lesions or in asymptomatic patients.
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PMID:Surgical treatment of symptomatic giant hemangiomas of the liver. 159 24

Hemangiomas are the most frequent benign tumors of the liver. Most hemangiomas are asymptomatic and therefore largely diagnosed only in routine screening tests. Usually they are small and require no specific treatment. In some situations they can reach great dimensions, causing some discomfort to the patient. Resection of liver hemangioma is indicated in cases of great dimension tumors causing symptoms such as pain, nausea or bloating caused by compression of adjacent organs. We report a case of a rare giant hemangioma with rapid growth in short time: a 50 year old female reported to our institution with a 40 cm giant liver hemangioma and then underwent a left hepatectomy.
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PMID:Resection of a rapid-growing 40-cm giant liver hemangioma. 2116 Oct 11

Cavernous hemangioma of the small intestine is a rare disease in adult patients. Intussusception caused by small bowel hemangioma is extremely rare. We report a 20-year-old female presenting with lower abdominal pain and post-prandial bloating. Laboratory studies showed leukocytosis with left shifting and prominent anemia. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed small bowel intussusception with bowel ischemia. Segmental resection of the intussuscepted jejunum was performed, and the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma causing intussusception and anemia simultaneously was made.
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PMID:Small bowel cavernous hemangioma complicated with intussusception: report of an extremely rare case and review of literature. 2597 69