A CASE OF CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF THE LIVER RESECTED SUCCSESSFULLY AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS BY ANGIOGRAPHY AND PERITONEOSCOPY

Abstract

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for the further examination of hem-angioma of the liver. While the sigmoid colon cancer was resected a half year ago, the pre-sence of hemangioma of the liver was found. In our hospital, extensive examination was car-ried out. Liver scintigram showed a defect in the left lobe of the liver. Abdominal ultra-sonogram showed a tumor with multicystic echogram in the left lobe of the liver. The celiac angiography showed vascular lakes fed by the left hepatic artery. In the venous phase, it showed tumor stains in the left lobe of the liver. Peritoneoscopic pictures showed a whitish-yellow tumor in the same place. The tumor was 11 × 7 × 5cm in size, and 455 gr in weight. Cut surfaces were cavernous-like containing blood, and microscopic examination revealed hemangioma of the liver with different sizes of the vascular lumen covered with flat endothelial cells. We report here a case with a hemangioma of the liver resected after the diagnosis by angiography and peritoneoscopy.