Multiple Large Hemangiomas of the Liver
| Autor: | Monroe Coleman, Jacob Yarvis, Leon M. Levitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 1955 |
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| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 252:854-855 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm195505192522004 |
| Popis: | MULTIPLE large hemangiomas of the liver are a most unusual clinical and pathological finding. This entity must be considered when an enlarged multinodular liver is discovered so that an erroneous diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma can be avoided. Hemangiomas, the most common benign neoplasm of the liver,1 are localized more frequently in this organ than in any other viscera2 , 3 and may be associated with angiomas in other abdominal organs and elsewhere.4 Most hemangiomas are small and asymptomatic.5 6 7 However, large hemangiomas are often clinically significant. Solitary hemangiomas are usually confined to one lobe but may extend throughout the entire liver. When hemangiomas . . . |
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