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Extremely Giant Liver Hemangioma (50 cm) with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome

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A 33-year-old male has been found with a giant liver hemangioma of initial size 29 cm for 5 years. He received arterial embolization twice in order to shrink the tumor; however, no effect was obtained. The tumor had rapidly grown to 50 cm and caused abnormalities in the hematological and coagulative systems. Preoperative computed tomography revealed that the right hepatic vein, right hepatic artery, and right portal vein were not involved by the hemangioma. Resection of the giant liver hemangioma was successfully performed after intraoperative intentional bloodletting with concurrent blood salvage. All hematological and coagulative abnormalities had returned to normal after the procedure.

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  1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 2 Yinghua Dongjie, Hepingli, Beijing, 100029, China

    Zhiying Yang, Haidong Tan, Xiaolei Liu & Yongliang Sun

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All the authors took part in the treatment of this patient. Zhiying Yang and Xiaolei Liu were responsible for the writing and revision of paper. Haidong Tan and Yongliang Sun were responsible for the literature review and edit of the figures.

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Correspondence to Zhiying Yang.

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Yang, Z., Tan, H., Liu, X. et al. Extremely Giant Liver Hemangioma (50 cm) with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. J Gastrointest Surg 21, 1748–1749 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3429-7

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