An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma
Hemangiomas are the most common benign hepatic tumors and are usually asymptomatic. Lesions measuring more than 4 cm in diameter are known as “giant hemangiomas” and may cause various symptoms or complications depending on the size, the location, and the degree of compression of adjacent structures....
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| author | Hatice Duygu Hatice Duygu Bas Supannee Rassameehiran Kazim Baser Weeraporn Srisung Mamoun Bashir Tinsay Woreta |
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| description | Hemangiomas are the most common benign hepatic tumors and are usually asymptomatic. Lesions measuring more than 4 cm in diameter are known as “giant hemangiomas” and may cause various symptoms or complications depending on the size, the location, and the degree of compression of adjacent structures. Pulmonary embolism is a very rare complication of giant hepatic hemangiomas. In this case report, we describe a patient with acute pulmonary emboli, which presumably originated from laminar thrombi in the inferior vena cava caused by compression by giant hepatic hemangiomas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74022c2f390a44eeb864efaf5240b8452022-12-22T01:07:22ZengSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care ChroniclesSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles2325-92052016-06-014156669257An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangiomaHatice Duygu Hatice Duygu Bas0Supannee RassameehiranKazim BaserWeeraporn SrisungMamoun BashirTinsay WoretaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock TXHemangiomas are the most common benign hepatic tumors and are usually asymptomatic. Lesions measuring more than 4 cm in diameter are known as “giant hemangiomas” and may cause various symptoms or complications depending on the size, the location, and the degree of compression of adjacent structures. Pulmonary embolism is a very rare complication of giant hepatic hemangiomas. In this case report, we describe a patient with acute pulmonary emboli, which presumably originated from laminar thrombi in the inferior vena cava caused by compression by giant hepatic hemangiomas.http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/277giant hepatic hemangiomaacute pulmonary embolisminferior vena cava thrombosis |
| spellingShingle | Hatice Duygu Hatice Duygu Bas Supannee Rassameehiran Kazim Baser Weeraporn Srisung Mamoun Bashir Tinsay Woreta An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles giant hepatic hemangioma acute pulmonary embolism inferior vena cava thrombosis |
| title | An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma |
| title_full | An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma |
| title_fullStr | An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma |
| title_short | An unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism: giant hepatic hemangioma |
| title_sort | unusual cause of acute pulmonary embolism giant hepatic hemangioma |
| topic | giant hepatic hemangioma acute pulmonary embolism inferior vena cava thrombosis |
| url | http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/277 |
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