Giant cavernous haemangioma: a rare indication for liver transplantation.
This report describes two patients with giant cavernous haemangiomas occupying both lobes of their livers and considered unresectable. Both patients had severe symptoms and rupture occurred in one. Both were treated successfully by orthotopic liver transplantation.
Chui
A K
AK
Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Vass
J
J
McCaughan
G W
GW
Sheil
A G
AG
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed