Torsion of a giant pedunculated liver hemangioma mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report.
Hemangiomas are the most common benign neoplasms affecting the liver. They occur at all ages. Most cases are asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. Rarely, hemangiomas can be pedunculated. If they undergo torsion and infarction, they become symptomatic. Herein; we report the case of a 31 year old male presenting with features of acute appendicitis: continuous right iliac fossa pain, rebound, guarding tenderness at McBurney' s point, nausea, anorexia, shifted white blood cell count and a Mantrels score of 6. At laparotomy a normal appendix was observed and a torsioned pedinculated liver hemangioma turned out to be the cause.
Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Feyzullah
F
Ersoz
Ozhan
O
Ozcan
Ahmet Burak
AB
Toros
Serdar
S
Culcu
Hasan
H
Bektas
Serkan
S
Sari
Esra
E
Pasaoglu
Soykan
S
Arikan