J Korean Med Sci.  1991 Jun;6(2):127-133. 10.3346/jkms.1991.6.2.127.

Surgical treatment of giant cavernous hemangiomas of the liver: analysis of 7 patients

• Seo JK
• Lee BK
• Kim KH
• Huh MH

• KMID: 1421846
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1991.6.2.127

Abstract

Seven patients with giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver were treated surgically with success at Pusan Gospel Hospital, Kosin Medical College, Pusan, from 1980 through 1989. They were 3 males and 4 females, and their ages ranged from 6 to 59 years. The tumors were located on the right lobe of the liver in 5 patients and on the left lobe in 2. The lesions were solitary in all patients, and their sizes varied from 4cm to 15cm in diameter. All patients underwent hepatic resection: 1 right hepatic lobectomy and 4 partial resections for tumors on the right lobe, and 1 left lobectomy and 1 left lateral segmentectomy for tumors on the left lobe. There was no surgical death, but 1 patient had a postoperative complication: multiple stress ulcers on the stomach and ileum. The pathologic diagnosis was cavernous hemangioma in all cases. In the long-term follow-up, there was no recurrence of preoperative symptoms in any patient.

Keyword

Cavernous hemangioma; Benign hepatic tumor; Vascular tumor; Hepatic resection

MeSH Terms

Adult
Child
Female
Hemangioma, Cavernous/*surgery
Humans
Ileal Diseases/etiology
Liver Neoplasms/*surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications/etiology
Prognosis
Stomach Ulcer/etiology
Stress, Physiological/etiology
Ulcer/etiology