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How did hemangioma develop?
At first, it was caused by liver bleeding, and finally it showed vasodilation and long-term congestion of local veins in the liver. The hepatic vessels are slightly dilated, showing spongy irregular dilatation. Causes local tissue necrosis, blood vessels continue to swell and congestion, forming hollow swelling bubbles.
Why does benign hemangioma increase in a short time? At present, the theory of hormone stimulation is recognized for the occurrence of hepatic hemangioma, especially for women. Because of this disease, the incidence rate of women is about 6 times higher than that of men. In women, especially in special stages such as adolescence and pregnancy, the hormones in the body will change dramatically, which can accelerate the growth of hemangioma. Therefore, it is considered that female hormone may be a factor of hemangioma.
Ms. Wang fits this theory very well, so there is no need to worry too much as long as she has a little conscience.
How to distinguish benign tumor from malignant tumor?
Hepatic hemangioma is only abnormal vascular development, mostly cavernous hemangioma. The development of hepatic hemangioma is extremely slow, and people generally don't feel uncomfortable.
Even if the hemangioma of the liver is growing, as long as the imaging examination shows that there are round or quasi-round low-density lesions with clear boundaries in the liver parenchyma, there is no invasion of surrounding tissues and organs and no metastasis, it will generally not lead to serious consequences.
Liver cancer is different, from 1cm to 10cm, it may only take less than 1 year, and the imaging performance is that the inner boundary of liver parenchyma is not clear.
Commonly used imaging examinations include: B-ultrasound, CT, MRI and hepatic angiography.
How big is the liver cancer that needs surgical intervention?
Let's look at the size classification first:
(1) small hemangioma
(2) Hemangioma 5 ~10 cm;
(3) Giant hemangioma10 cm ~15 cm;
(4) Supernormal hemangioma >; 15cm.
When the tumor is large, the right upper abdomen may feel full. This is because if the hemangioma in the left lobe of the liver is large, it may compress the stomach, resulting in decreased eating and satiety. Of course, it is also prone to problems, including the liver itself. When the tumor is big, the liver function will inevitably be abnormal.
There is also a rare situation, because the volume of hepatic hemangioma is too large, which leads to tumor rupture and abdominal bleeding, thus causing severe abdominal pain and even panic shock, which will be life-threatening.
Therefore, whether intervention is needed can usually be judged by the size of the tumor, but it is not absolute. Some people will have symptoms in (1) small hemangioma, while others will have some symptoms in (2) hemangioma.
To sum up, not all hepatic hemangiomas need treatment. For small hemangioma, generally do not need treatment, regular observation can be.
It is undeniable that there is a trend of over-treatment of hepatic hemangioma at present. In fact, less than 20% of patients really need surgery.
For hemangioma (more than 5cm) and patients with a history of hepatitis, treatment is still recommended.
For giant hemangioma (10cm or more), it has affected liver function, resulting in coagulation dysfunction, thrombocytopenia and other symptoms, and it is recommended to treat it.
Finally, it was found that hepatic hemangioma developed too fast, suspected of canceration, or grew on the surface of liver, attached to diaphragm and abdominal wall, and the risk of bleeding was high. It is recommended to treat as soon as possible!
In a word, many factors should be considered comprehensively in the surgical treatment of hepatic hemangioma in order to safeguard the interests of patients to the maximum extent.
Why do hemangioma often occur in the liver? The liver can be said to be the largest blood bank in the human body, with numerous small blood sinuses. When these blood sinuses change abnormally for some reason, the so-called? Hemangioma? .
At present, the etiology of hepatic hemangioma is not completely clear, but it may be related to the abnormal development of congenital vascular sinus, which is also recognized as the main cause of most hepatic hemangioma at present.
Does hepatic hemangioma have a genetic tendency?
Yes, it can be said that hepatic hemangioma has congenital factors and is related to genes. No matter which parent suffers from hepatic hemangioma, the probability of children suffering from hepatic hemangioma will increase.
Hemangiomas in other parts can occur all over the body, not only in the liver, but also in the oral and maxillofacial region, accounting for 60% of all hemangiomas.
Moreover, most of them are formed in the embryonic period, and because of the proliferation of vascular cells, they eventually manifest as congenital benign tumors or vascular malformations in skin and soft tissues, so newborn babies are sometimes more common at birth or shortly after birth.
Except that it may affect the appearance, treatment is generally not needed.
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