Torsion of a giant pedunculated liver hemangioma mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report

Ersoz F., Ozcan O., Toros A. B., Culcu S., Bektas H., Sari S., ...Daha Fazla

WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.5, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1749-7922-5-2
  • Dergi Adı: WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Hemangiomas are the most common benign neoplasms affecting the liver. They occur at all ages. Most cases are asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. Rarely, hemangiomas can be pedunculated. If they undergo torsion and infarction, they become symptomatic. Herein; we report the case of a 31 year old male presenting with features of acute appendicitis: continuous right iliac fossa pain, rebound, guarding tenderness at McBurney's point, nausea, anorexia, shifted white blood cell count and a Mantrels score of 6. At laparotomy a normal appendix was observed and a torsioned pedinculated liver hemangioma turned out to be the cause.