title: [Indications for the surgical treatment of cavernous angioma of the liver in adults. Report of a case].
abstract: The authors report a case of giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver, almost entirely extrahepatic, bulging from the inferior surface of the right lobe into the abdomen, treated surgically on account of worsening symptoms referable to continuing growth. A thorough search of the literature allows a critical review of the surgical indication in this benign pathology, rarely complicated by significant clinical events. Surgery is indicated, in lack of relevant complications, only when significant symptoms, continuing or worsening, are undoubtedly referable to the presence of the angioma.
authors.affiliation: I Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mosiello
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Mingazzini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged