Minimally Invasive Treatment of Giant Haemangiomas of the Liver: Embolisation With Bleomycin

BOZKAYA H. , ÇİNAR C. , Besir F. H. , PARILDAR M. , Oran I.

CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, vol.37, no.1, pp.101-107, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00270-013-0618-y
  • Title of Journal : CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
  • Page Numbers: pp.101-107
  • Keywords: Cavernous haemangioma, Liver neoplasm, Therapeutic embolisation, Iodized oil, Bleomycin, HEPATIC CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMAS, KASABACH-MERRITT-SYNDROME, ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION, MANAGEMENT, DIAGNOSIS, RUPTURE, TUMORS

Abstract

The management of patients with giant haemangioma of the liver remains controversial. Although the usual treatment method for symptomatic giant haemangioma is surgery, the classical paradigm of operative resection remains. In this study, we evaluated the symptomatic improvement and size-reduction effect of embolisation with bleomycin mixed with lipiodol for the treatment of symptomatic giant hepatic haemangioma.