[Liver haemangioma: current surgical indications. Our experience]

Hemangiomas are the more frequent benign liver tumours. Therapeutic approach at these neoplasms is changed in the last years because has resulted that massive haemoperitoneum from a spontaneous rupture of the hemangiomas is a rare occurrence. From a personal review of 124 liver resection performed for traumatic and organic, benign and malignant, pathologies, the Authors present two cases of symptomatic liver haemangioma surgically treated Excluding emergency induced by tumour hemorrhage, actually indications to surgical treatment are controversial. In all patients the right approach is choice by the integrated evaluation of general conditions of the patient, liver functionality and from anatomical location of the neoplasm.