Giant liver hemangioma resected by trisectorectomy after efficient volume reduction by transcatheter arterial embolization: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Liver hemangiomas are the most common benign liver tumors, usually small in size and requiring no treatment. Giant hemangiomas complicated with consumptive coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome) or causing severe incapacitating s...

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Main Authors: Akamatsu Nobuhisa, Sugawara Yasuhiko, Komagome Masahiko, Ishida Takashi, Shin Nobuhiro, Cho Narihiro, Ozawa Fumiaki, Hashimoto Daijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/283