Giant haemangioma of the liver with haemangiodudenal fistula: the first reported case in literature

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2015 Sep;97(6):e90-2. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2015.0021. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

Abstract

Giant liver haemangiomas are usually asymptomatic with normal liver function, which makes the course long and uneventful. The most commonly reported complications of giant haemangiomas are rupture with intraperitoneal haemorrhage that is either traumatic or non-traumatic, consumption coagulopathy, Budd-Chiari syndrome and congestive heart failure. We describe the first reported complications of a giant liver haemangioma as a fistula between the haemangioma and the gastrointestinal tract.

Keywords: Duodenal fistula; Giant haemangioma; Liver resection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Duodenal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenal Diseases / etiology*
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / complications*
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed