Surgical indication and strategy for liver hemangioma in the caudate lobe: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis with 137 patients

Autor: Wei Long Cai, Xiao Ming Ma, Xu Heng Sun, Tai Ren, Cong Yun Huang, Yong Sheng Li, Xu An Wang, Ying Bin Liu, Shu You Peng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/s12957-020-01901-z
Popis: Abstract Objective To investigate the surgical indication and tactics for liver hemangioma in the caudate lobe Methods From January 1994 to July 2019, 137 patients, including 51 males and 86 females with the average age of 49.2 years old were diagnosed with liver hemangioma in caudate lobe and received treatment at five tertiary referral hospitals. Clinical features, correlations between tumor size and clinical manifestations, treatments, and prognosis were analyzed. Results Of the 137 patients identified, 40 (29.20%) patients were asymptomatic, whereas other 94 patients had clinical symptoms mainly presented as upper abdominal discomfort, epigastric distention, upper abdominal dull pain, nausea, and vomiting. Fifteen (93.75%), 18 (39.13%), and 7 (10.45%) patients presented no clinical symptoms among those tumor size was less than 3 cm (D ≤ 3 cm, n = 16), 3 cm
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