Hepatic hemangioma Treatment

Hepatic hemangioma (liver hemangioma) is slow development, a good prognosis, the need for treatment depends on the rate of tumor growth and clinical symptoms, rather than the absolute size of the tumor. Has been confirmed by the majority of asymptomatic patients can be out-patient follow-up without special treatment.

Hepatic hemangioma have many methods of treatment, including surgery, interventional therapy, sclerotherapy and resection of hemangioma in laparoscope. such as hemangioma. Although there is a certain risk of surgery, but it is the most direct and most thorough of hepatic hemangioma treatment. Laparoscopic hepatic hemangioma resection, is often postoperative recurrence, it is not suitable for conventional purposes.

If can not surgery to remove the symptoms of a huge hepatic hemangioma, should done orthotopic liver transplantation. Hepatic hemangioma, including the non-surgical therapy: transcatheter hepatic artery embolization or laparoscopic hepatic artery ligation, local radiotherapy, oral and intramuscular steroids, such as IFN-α. Hepatic artery embolization in the treatment of hepatic hemangioma of the bile duct can lead to serious complications, should be avoided as far as possible. Radiation therapy can alleviate symptoms of a small number of patients, tumor shrinkage.