Prague Med. Rep. 2012, 113, 166-171

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2015.31

Pre-operative Arterial Embolization of Symptomatic Giant Hemangioma of the Liver

Mustafa Kayan1, M. Çetin1, A. R. Aktaş1, Ö. Yılmaz1, E. Ceylan1, H. E. Eroğlu2

1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
2Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

Received January 3, 2012
Accepted April 11, 2012

The cavernous hemangiomas of the liver are usually small sized and asymptomatic. Most of them are incidentally diagnosed and a very small portion requires therapy. Giant hemangioma can be symptomatic, and this condition is the indication for treatment. The striking complication of surgical treatment of cavernous hemangiomas is intra-operative bleeding. In this case, we aimed to demonstrate that the risk of intraoperative bleeding can be eliminated with the preoperative percutaneous trans-catheter arterial embolization technique.

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