Giant Hepatic Hemangioma Causing Prolonged Fever and Indicated for Resection

Hepatic hemangiomas are benign liver tumors, and most of them progress asymptomatically. We report a case of hepatic hemangioma considered the cause of fever. A 53-year-old woman had a fever of 40°C for about 3 months without infection. Hepatic hemangiomas with internal bleeding of 10 cm in size on...

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Autores principales: Yoshimizu, Chihiro, Ariizumi, Shunichi, Kogiso, Tomomi, Sagawa, Takaomi, Taniai, Makiko, Honda, Goro, Egawa, Hiroto, Tokushige, Katsutoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34803101
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8405-21
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Sumario:Hepatic hemangiomas are benign liver tumors, and most of them progress asymptomatically. We report a case of hepatic hemangioma considered the cause of fever. A 53-year-old woman had a fever of 40°C for about 3 months without infection. Hepatic hemangiomas with internal bleeding of 10 cm in size on liver S8/7 and S3/2 were observed. These were resected laparoscopically for diagnostic treatment. She was afebrile after the operation. The pathological diagnosis was hematoma inside cavernous hemangioma. It should be noted that a bleeding hepatic hemangioma may cause fever of unknown origin and be indicated for resection.

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