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| Tx = usually follow-up, non-conservative if very large | | Tx = usually follow-up, non-conservative if very large | ||
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'''Hemangioma of the liver''', also '''liver hemangioma''' and '''hepatic hemangioma''', is a benign [[vascular tumour]] of the [[liver]], that may be mistaken for [[metastatic disease]]. | '''Hemangioma of the liver''', also '''liver hemangioma''' and '''hepatic hemangioma''', is a benign [[vascular tumour]] of the [[liver]], that may be mistaken for [[metastatic disease]].<ref name=pmid11039718>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yamashita | first1 = Y. | last2 = Shimada | first2 = M. | last3 = Taguchi | first3 = K. | last4 = Gion | first4 = T. | last5 = Hasegawa | first5 = H. | last6 = Utsunomiya | first6 = T. | last7 = Hamatsu | first7 = T. | last8 = Matsumata | first8 = T. | last9 = Sugimachi | first9 = K. | title = Hepatic sclerosing hemangioma mimicking a metastatic liver tumor: report of a case. | journal = Surg Today | volume = 30 | issue = 9 | pages = 849-52 | month = | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 11039718 }}</ref> | ||
''Hemangiomas'', more generally, are dealt with in the ''[[hemangioma]]'' article. | ''Hemangiomas'', more generally, are dealt with in the ''[[hemangioma]]'' article. | ||
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Benign.<ref name=pmid26361504>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bajenaru | first1 = N. | last2 = Balaban | first2 = V. | last3 = Săvulescu | first3 = F. | last4 = Campeanu | first4 = I. | last5 = Patrascu | first5 = T. | title = Hepatic hemangioma -review. | journal = J Med Life | volume = 8 Spec Issue | issue = | pages = 4-11 | month = | year = 2015 | doi = | PMID = 26361504 }}</ref> | *Benign.<ref name=pmid26361504>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bajenaru | first1 = N. | last2 = Balaban | first2 = V. | last3 = Săvulescu | first3 = F. | last4 = Campeanu | first4 = I. | last5 = Patrascu | first5 = T. | title = Hepatic hemangioma -review. | journal = J Med Life | volume = 8 Spec Issue | issue = | pages = 4-11 | month = | year = 2015 | doi = | PMID = 26361504 }}</ref> | ||
**Can be hard to differentiate from metastatic disease on imaging.<ref name=pmid11039718/> | |||
*Usually an incidental finding (incidentaloma) and often asymptomatic.<ref name=pmid26361504/> | *Usually an incidental finding (incidentaloma) and often asymptomatic.<ref name=pmid26361504/> | ||
*Large lesions may present with upper abdominal pain. | *Large lesions may present with upper abdominal pain. | ||