Giant pedunculated hepatocellular carcinoma with hemangioma mimicking intestinal obstruction

Theodore Karatzas, Anastasios Smirnis, Dimitrios Dimitroulis, Dimitrios Patsouras, Kostantinos Evaggelou, Stylianos Kykalos, Gregory Kouraklis

BMC Gastroenterology · 2011 · 14 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

This rare presentation of a giant P-HCC combined with a hemangioma with features of intestinal obstruction confirmed the diagnostic difficulties of similar cases, and required prompt surgical treatment. Therefore, patients benefit from surgical resection because both the capsule and the pedicle prevent vascular invasion, therefore improving prognosis.

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