Open AccessAdult capillary hemangioma of the liver: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Jhuang JieYang,
Lin LongWei,
Hsieh MinShu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.03.003
Subject(s) - medicine , capillary hemangioma , hemangioma , hepatocellular carcinoma , pathology , hepatectomy , chronic liver disease , lesion , liver tumor , radiology , gastroenterology , resection , cirrhosis , surgery
Primary hepatic capillary hemangioma in adults is very rare. Here, we report a case of hepatic capillary hemangioma in a 71‐year‐old woman. She had abnormal liver function tests, and abdominal sonography revealed a 2‐cm nodular lesion and fatty liver. Computed tomography scan revealed a hypervascular tumor. During 2 years' follow‐up, the hepatic tumor enlarged to 3 cm in diameter. Serological tests showed no evidence of chronic viral hepatitis or increased level of alpha‐fetoprotein. In fear of hepatocellular carcinoma, she received atypical hepatectomy. Microscopically, the tumor turned out to be a capillary hemangioma in a background of steatohepatitis. We searched the literature, and only six similar cases were found. We made a brief review of this rare disease entity and described its clinicopathological features.