Rare massive hepatic hemangioblastoma: A case report

Table 1 Characteristics of hepatic hemangioblastoma reported in three papers

Case	Sex	Age (yr)	Location	Size (cm2)	US	CT	DSA	VHLD	First or preoperative diagnosis	Other parts
1	Female	42	Left and right liver	1.5 × 1.5 (largest)	A central hypoechoic solid mass	Enlarged liver with multiple nodules, some of which have necrosis or bleeding within them	No abnormalities in the kidneys and other abdominal organs	Yes	/	Cerebellum, cervical spine
2	Female	39	The right lobe of the liver	9 × 11	Solid hyperechoic mass with a hypoechoic central portion	Hypodense lesion, significant peripheral enhancement, and incomplete filling inward after enhancement	Early stage with obvious vascularization and extensive tumor redness involving almost the whole liver	Yes	A giant cavernous hemangioma	Cerebellum, cervical medulla, lung
3	Male	30	The right lobe of the liver	/	Two hypoechoic solid masses with simple cysts in the kidneys and pancreas	Progressively enhanced liver and mesenteric mass with collateral veins, and pancreatic cysts	Richly vascularized and supplied by the right hepatic and right renal perineural arteries and collateral veins	Yes	Metastases from hepatic and mesenteric hemangioblastoma or renal cell carcinoma	Mesentery, retina, cerebellum, and spinal cord

US: Ultrasound; CT: Computed tomography; DSA: Digital subtraction angiography; VHLD: von Hippel-Lindau disease.