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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 4;29(1):75-76.
doi: 10.1159/000514659. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Silent Growth of a "Super-Giant" Hemangioma

Daniela Falcão  1 , Isabel Pedroto  1   2 , Teresa Moreira  1
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Case Reports

Silent Growth of a "Super-Giant" Hemangioma

Daniela Falcão et al. GE Port J Gastroenterol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Growth; Hemangioma; Liver; Pregnancy; Tumor.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Contrast-enhanced coronal computed tomography scan demonstrating the huge size of the hemangioma (351 × 180 × 220 mm), which occupies almost the entire right lobe.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Contrast-enhanced axial computed tomography scan showing the displacement of the pancreas, descending colon, small bowel, and the right kidney to the left side, due to the large size of the hemangioma in the right hepatic lobe. a Arterial phase. b Portal venous phase.
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