Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Liver hemangioma; Hemangioma of the liver; Cavernous hepatic hemangioma; Infantile hemangioendothelioma; Multinodular hepatic hemangiomatosis
Treatment
Most cavernous hepatic hemangiomas are treated only if there is persistent pain.
Treatment for infantile hemangioendothelioma depends on the child's growth and development. The following treatments may be needed:
- Inserting a material in a blood vessel of the liver to block it (embolization)
- Tying off (ligation) a liver artery
- Medications for heart failure
- Surgery to remove the tumor
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
In infants whose tumor is only in one lobe of the liver, surgery is a cure, even if the child has heart failure.
Complications
Pregnancy and estrogen-based medications can cause cavernous hemangiomas to grow.
Calling your health care provider
Review Date: 04/17/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
