Case report: cavernous hemangioma of the liver
| Autor: | Connie T. DuPre, Ruth-Marie E. Fincher |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Adult
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Unusual case medicine.drug_class business.industry Liver Neoplasms Estrogens General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases Exogenous estrogen Benign tumor Lesion Hemangioma Vague symptoms Hemangioma Cavernous Estrogen medicine Humans Female medicine.symptom business Cavernous hemangiomas |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of the medical sciences. 303(4) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9629 |
| Popis: | Although cavernous hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver, controversy persists regarding diagnosis and management of these lesions. With the development of multiple noninvasive modalities to visualize the liver, hepatic cavernous hemangiomas are recognized with increased frequency. The authors report the unusual case of a postmenopausal woman on no exogenous estrogen therapy who had a cavernous hemangioma that remained stable for approximately 10 years before dramatically increasing in size. This patient illustrates the vague symptoms associated with cavernous hemangiomas and the unpredictability of growth. Although estrogens have been reported trophic, this patient had no exogenous or endogenous estrogen supply, yet. her lesion reached massive proportions. Modalities necessary to assure accurate diagnosis and factors influential in management are discussed. |
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