Abstract：
:From January, 1972 to June, 1989, 51 patients with liver hemangiomas (32 females and 19 males, mean age 35 years) were evaluated for surgical treatment. Diameters of the masses were 5 cm to 20 cm (median 8.5 cm). Nine of the patients had already been treated for cancer. Twenty-two (43.1%) of the 51 patients were symptomatic and 29 (56.9%) patients were asymptomatic. In 34 patients (66.7%) a definite diagnosis of hemangioma was made by scintiscan and/or ultrasound and/or computed tomography and/or angiography while in the remaining 17 (33.3%) patients the diagnosis was uncertain. The most common indications for resection were the presence of a symptomatic angioma, a symptomatic mass with an uncertain diagnosis, and/or lack of a definite pre-operative diagnosis. Surgery was performed on 25 patients. Ten anatomic and 15 atypical resections or enucleations were performed. There were no postoperative deaths. Two further patients, operated for probable hemangioma, were found to have primary hepatic malignancies. In the 26 unresected patients, no complications were observed during follow-up. In 3 patients, hemangioma enlargement was detected by ultrasound, but there were no symptoms. As cavernous liver hemangiomas are now more reliably diagnosed and their natural history is usually uneventful, surgery can be avoided in most cases. However, when a non-resection policy is adopted, an exact diagnosis is essential in order to rule out primary or metastatic cancer. Surgical exploration and treatment should be limited to symptomatic or complicated cases as well as to patients with an uncertain diagnosis.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Lise M,Feltrin G,Da Pian PP,Miotto D,Pilati PL,Rubaltelli L,Zane Ddoi
10.1007/BF02104457keywords:
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1992-05-01 00:00:00pages
516-20issue
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0364-2313issn
1432-2323journal_volume
16pub_type
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-007-9157-5
更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1674-1
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-005-0399-9
更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-013-1959-z
更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-015-3058-9
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-009-0261-6
更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 社论,评审
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更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2644-6
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900551
更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1007/s00268-010-0390-y
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
