BACKGROUND/AIMS: New developments regarding the diagnosis of @entity409 , surgical indication and therapeutic options emerged recently. We reviewed our experience from the point of view of these modern developments. METHODOLOGY: Fifty-seven @entity1 with @entity409 were retrospectively studied. The relationship between size, symptoms and treatment was assessed. RESULTS: Indication for surgery was the size of the lesion in 5 @entity1 , symptomatology in 48 and uncertain diagnosis in 4. Increase in size was noted in four @entity1 . Six @entity1 had associated intraabdominal benign or malignant pathology. The treatment of choice was enucleation. @entity260 were noted in 6 @entity1 and mortality was nil. In 3 @entity1 the @entity2695 recurred and were reresected in 2. CONCLUSIONS: @entity2695 should be resected when larger than 10 cm and when they become symptomatic. With the modern diagnostic work-up, uncertainty of diagnosis as an indication for surgery should be rare. Surgery remains the main treatment, with a low morbidity and mortality if performed in a specialized hepatobiliary unit. Enucleation is the surgical option of choice. In selected cases laparoscopic enucleation can be performed with good results.

XXXX revisited: current surgical indications, technical aspects, results.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['liver hemangiomas'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['Postoperative complications'] @entity2695 :: ('MESH:D006391', 'Disease') :: ['Hemangiomas', 'hemangiomas']
@entity409 :: (MESH:D008107,Disease) :: ['Liver hemangioma']
