Surgical Treatment of Giant Liver Hemangioma, Case Report and Literature Review

Özet

Hemangiomas are the most common benign primary hepatic neoplasms, often being incidentally discovered. In most of thecases, they are small, asymptomatic and often require follow up. Giant hemangiomas are known as being larger than 5 cm andmostly consists of a cavernous haemangioma, is usually asymptomatic, diagnosed incidentally. In this study, we aimed to showthat giant hemangiomas would be treated safely with surgical resection without transarterial embolization before the surgery.We present a 56-year-old male patient with liver hemangioma, who was diagnosed incidentally on thorax computarised tomographyand consulted to thorax disease clinic with coughing complaint for a month.A case, which is rarely mentioned in literature, of a 30 cm sized asymptomatic giant cavernous hemangioma treated by surgicalresection without any complication.We suggest that some patients should go through surgical treatment even if they do not have any complaint. Not only symptomsbut also size and risk of rupture by trauma should be considered in these cases. However, all possible circumstances mustbe taken under consideration. Transarterial embolization is not the necessary.