Abstract
A 40-year-old male underwent an emergent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in March, 2012. At the time, abdominal computed tomography showed a liver hemangioma, measuring 55 mm in size, with extrahepatic growth at segment 4. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy was completed without complications, and a laparoscopic hepatectomy for the hemangioma with extrahepatic growth was subsequently performed in May, 2012. The wound of the previous operation was used. Blood loss was 20 mL, and the operating time was 141 min. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the fifth postoperative day. Liver hemangioma with extrahepatic growth is considered a relative indication for surgery to avoid rupture. Only 12 cases of hemangioma with extrahepatic growth treated with laparoscopic hepatectomy have been reported in Japan. However, due to its minimally invasive nature, this procedure is a superior method for benign tumors such as hemangioma.
