cavernous hemangioma of liver presenting with high fever and severe abdominal pain; a case report

Authors

azita ganji

morteza khatibian

ali malek-hosseini

reza malekzadeh

abstract

intra-tumoral bleeding, rupture and thrombosis are common complications of hemangioma but spontaneous and self limited rupture and fever is a very rare presentation of hemangioma. this report is about a 38-year-old woman with sever abdominal pain and high fever came for evaluation. in us she had a liver mass of about 15 cm in left lobe with possibility of being hemangioma and, ct scan and mri confirmed diagnosis of hemangioma. she had persistently abdominal discomfort and fullness in upper abdomen and referred for surgery. left lobectomy and resection of hemangioma was done successfully.

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