Title | Giant cavernous haemangioma: a rare indication for liver transplantation |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1996 |
Authors | Chui AK, Vass J, McCaughan GW, Sheil AG |
Journal | Aust N Z J Surg |
Volume | 66 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 122 - 4 |
Date Published | Feb |
Accession Number | 8602810 |
Keywords | *Liver Transplantation, Adult, Female, Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology / radiography / *surgery, Humans, Liver / pathology, Liver Neoplasms / pathology / radiography / *surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
Abstract | This report describes two patients with giant cavernous haemangiomas occupying both lobes of their livers and considered unresectable. Both patients had severe symptoms and rupture occurred in one. Both were treated successfully by orthotopic liver transplantation. |
Notify Library Reference ID | 350 |