CT and MRI of hepatic hemangioma
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ 08103.
New Jersey Medicine : the Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey
|April 1, 1991
Abstract
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Our patient exhibited typical characteristics of giant cavernous hemangioma by CT and MR, and was asymptomatic. We have concluded, therefore, that this did not represent a malignant lesion. In general, however, one must exhibit a reasonable degree of caution in applying this diagnosis, adhere strictly to the criteria described, and recognize the clinical setting of the patient.
Diagnosis:
Giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver.
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