Hemangioma-The Most Common Benign Tumor Of The Liver

It's not that someone has been rumored to be slanderous, or that a big name is coming out with a new movie, but who has gotten sick! From breast cancer in the boobies to a popular actress undergoing surgery, the unmarried young idol is terminal, one after another is frightening. In addition to female breast disease, the liver also came to intervene. The reason why Kim So-mi was admitted to another medical center was because of a tumor in her liver, although the condition is not very clear to the outside world, it must be malignant! The seemingly young and healthy movie star got this disease! In the past, another singer, Xue Yue, died of liver cancer, and Lin Zheng Ying, famous for his role as a demon-hunting Taoist, also died of this disease. The media has been making a lot of noise about this, so how can the general public not be worried, many young people have been coming to the outpatient clinics, hoping to have their liver checked, especially those with hepatitis B, and more often than not, they have been checked elsewhere and found abnormalities, so they are worried and restless and come to ask for quick treatment.

In fact, only a small percentage of tumors in the liver are malignant, only because Taiwan is an area with a high prevalence of hepatitis B, and the proportion of chronic hepatitis C is also not low, resulting in the highest number of liver cancer patients in the world. What is the most common and confusing benign tumor in the liver? It is a hemangioma!

Let's learn about it! Let go of your worries!

The first description of hemangioma in Western medical literature was by a British physician who observed that the vast majority of these patients were asymptomatic, and pathological studies found little to no effect on the normal liver. Roughly speaking, there are two forms of intrahepatic hemangioma, cavernous hemangioma, and hemangioendothelioma, the former of which accounts for the vast majority of cases and can be seen in both adults and children, while the latter occurs mainly in children and is similar to the strawberry-like mother class of the skin.

What is hemangioma? Can it become liver cancer? Hepatic hemangioma is the most common benign tumor in the liver, formed by the abnormal growth of blood vessels in the liver. It is a benign tumor that usually has no symptoms and will not deteriorate into liver cancer.

Why is a person diagnosed with liver cancer despite having a hemangioma? Typical hemangioma has its own characteristics on ultrasound, and liver tumors often have their own specific images. Sometimes the typical features of hemangioma can be seen on computed tomography or MRI, but sometimes these features are not obvious, especially if the hemangioma is small, less than two or three centimeters. Therefore, it is inevitable that hemangiomas may be mistaken for liver cancer and liver cancer may be mistaken for hemangiomas.

The incidence of hemangioendothelioma varies from study to study, with some suggesting 2-3.5% of all intrahepatic tumors, but with advances in equipment and prevalence, the detection rate has increased and the true rate should be higher than this. Why do intrahepatic hemangiomas develop? Why do some people develop them in adulthood? The true geometry and cause, as with other life questions, are still unknown, but some theories have been put forward. Some people believe that some defective tumors, or ectopic tissue cells, are present at birth and grow with age. Some people believe that they grow out of unexplained stimuli later in life. Some medical observations have found that female hormones appear to be involved in the development of hemangiomas, and cases of rapid growth or rupture of hemangiomas in women taking birth control pills or during pregnancy have been reported. This is one of the reasons why the incidence of intrahepatic hemangioma varies by gender and is more likely to be found in women. In addition, the age distribution is mostly 20-40 years old.

Do these sponge hemangiomas have symptoms? The majority of people do not feel discomfort. In fact, they are often found by chance for other reasons, such as hepatitis B carriers, gallstones, etc. Our research indicates that only about 10% of people will experience discomfort, with the most common symptoms being abdominal swelling or a hard lump, and other non-specific problems including nausea, flatulence, anorexia, and fullness. If a blood clot develops in a hemangioma, it can sometimes be painful, and there have been a few cases of rupture and bleeding, but these are extremely rare cases.

Will there be any changes in these hemangiomas? Clinical observation shows that although intrahepatic hemangioma is a benign lesion, about eight to ten percent of patients have hemangioma growth, and there is no risk other than the symptoms it may cause. Some doctors have followed patients for several years and most of them have no problems, and in a few cases, the lesions have even shrunk, with no impact on survival.

As for how to determine if the lesion in the liver is a hemangioma, it is the most important and troubling issue in Taiwan. Ultrasound is the most commonly used tool. The performance of intrahepatic hemangioma on ultrasound images is mainly high echo, especially for smaller lesions, but as the size of the hemangioma changes, low echo and mixed type of changes may also appear, which increases the diagnostic difficulties. When ultrasound cannot be confirmed, computed tomography or MRI is of great use. Before contrast is injected, a hemangioma is usually a homogeneous and low-quality lesion, which gradually becomes a strong shadow after contrast is given and then gradually disappears over time. Angiography is an invasive test, but because of its high diagnostic accuracy, it is necessary to rely on this test to distinguish lesions in the liver. For the very few intrahepatic tumors that cannot be differentiated by the above methods, direct aspiration or biopsy for cytologic examination is the only way to confirm. In the past, it was considered dangerous to perform these cytologic tests for hemangiomas, but recently most physicians and academics believe that the risk of performing these tests with smaller syringes is actually very low. Therefore, when your physician is unsure of the cause of your intrahepatic lesion and recommends aspiration for cytologic examination, it should be accepted.

How are intrahepatic hemangiomas managed and treated? As mentioned earlier, hemangioma itself is a benign lesion and most do not require treatment unless there are other concerns or symptoms. It is generally considered that hemangiomas that are superficially large, cause discomfort, are abnormally large on follow-up, is infected, or have the potential to rupture should be surgically removed. However, in addition to surgery, there are also methods to shrink and disappear hemangiomas by local radiation.

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In conclusion, due to the advancement of diagnostic tools and the development of ultrasound and other imaging devices, many benign lesions that were originally unknown and unimportant have been identified, sometimes causing an unbearable shadow in life, such as hemangiomas in the liver. In fact, if these benign changes can be recognized and understood, with proper examination and follow-up, there is no need to be so afraid! Don't you think so?

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