Hepatic hemangioma: proportion and predictor of surgical treatment with emphasis on its growth rate

CONCLUSION: Approximately one in 300 patients with an HH underwent surgical treatment. Multiple HHs and a growth rate of more than 4.8%/year were indications for surgical treatment. Nearly half of the HHs showed growing pattern in our study.PMID:37939665 | DOI:10.3904/kjim.2023.062

Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - November 8, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Young Cheol Shin Eun Ju Cho Hee Young Na Jai Young Cho Ho-Seong Han Yoon Jin Lee Haeryoung Kim Sangmi Jang Gwang Hyeon Choi Eun Sun Jang Jin-Wook Kim Sook-Hyang Jeong Source Type: research