Resection of giant liver hemangioma in a pregnant woman with coagulopathy: Case report and literature review

Ebina, Yasuhiko and Hazama, Ryoichi and Nishimoto, Masashi and Tanimura, Kenji and Miyahara, Yoshiya and Morizane, Mayumi and Nakabayashi, Koji and Fukumoto, Takumi2 Yonson Ku,2 and Hideto Yamada and Ku, Yonson and Yamada, Hideto (2011) Resection of giant liver hemangioma in a pregnant woman with coagulopathy: Case report and literature review. Journal of prenatal medicine, 5 (4). pp. 93-96. ISSN 1971-3290

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Abstract

Background: Hemangioma is a common benign tumor in the liver and usually asymptomatic. Scanty evidence concerning treatment modality of symptomatic hemangioma during pregnancy exists. Case: A 35 year-old woman with giant hepatic cavernous hemangioma developed consumption coagulopathy due to the enlarged tumor, and underwent danaparoid therapy from 5 weeks of gestation (GW). Magnetic resonance image revealed giant hemangioma with 20 cm in diameter in the right lobe of the liver. A surgical operation of liver resection was successfully performed at 16 GW. Thereafter, the coagulopathy disappeared. She delivered a healthy male infant at 36 GW. Conclusion: This is the first case report of surgical resection therapy for giant liver hemangioma during pregnancy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Liver hemangioma, pregnancy, resection, danaparoid
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 618 Altri rami della medicina; Ginecologia e ostetricia, Pediatria, Geriatria > 618.3 Malattie e complicazioni della gravidanza
Depositing User:	Gianni Aiello
Date Deposited:	28 May 2013 16:19
Last Modified:	28 May 2013 16:19
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/5288

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