title: An unusual cause of epigastric pain: infected giant liver hemangioma.
abstract: A 64-year-old woman was admitted to our surgical emergency department suffering from epigastric pain and fever persisting for a period of 5 weeks, and, upon admission, she presented with massively elevated C-reactive protein. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a giant hemangioma of the liver with an intralesional central mass, which was documented by diameter progression of the central mass on follow-up CT. After liver resection, the diagnosis was an abscess in a giant liver hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinkernelle
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: E Lopez
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Hänninen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D002097:C-Reactive Protein