The liver performs the most important function in the body - cleansing of accumulated toxins, excess and so on. Often, medication, an unfavorable environment, malnutrition and other factors have a harmful effect on this organ. As a result of this, various liver diseases develop that can lead to other ailments. However, some diseases of this organ may not appear in the early stages, so it is important to undergo a medical examination for prevention. There are such forms of ailments that can be detected only with a thorough examination of the body. Such diseases include liver hemangioma . What is this, we will consider in this article.
What is this ailment?
A disease of the vessels of the liver that proceeds without malignancy is the hemangioma of the liver. What is it - a tumor or just a clot of blood tissue? Often, the experts themselves ask such a question. One thing is clear: this anomaly in the body does not pass into a malignant formation.
It is believed that this ailment is hereditary, as it is often diagnosed in young children. There is also evidence that a greater percentage of the disease is recorded in women (compared with the number of cases of the disease in men, this indicator exceeds almost 6 times). This is due to the fact that the weak half of humanity has tarragon (sex hormone), which can contribute to the appearance and growth of such neoplasms as liver hemangioma (what it is, discussed above).
Specialists distinguish the following forms of this disease:
- capillary hemangioma - this formation consists of small cavities (each of them contains one vein);
- cavernous tumor (in this case, in the damaged tissues of the organ, the formation of large hollow formations in which there are several smaller ones is observed).
Symptoms of ailment
In the early stages, this disease is difficult to diagnose, since it proceeds without any signs or changes.
As mentioned above, to detect hemangioma in the initial period is possible only when conducting magnetic resonance imaging of adjacent organs. The disease itself shows signs when the tumor reaches a size of 4 cm or more. In this case, the patient may feel symptoms such as pain and discomfort in the right hypochondrium, the urge to vomit, and nausea.
Often this disease is allocated as a hemangioma of the right lobe of the liver, since such a neoplasm is formed, as a rule, in this part of the organ. Here it can be located subcapsularly, under the surface of the diaphragm. Usually a hemangioma has a pedicle, a tumor can be single or (in rare cases) multiple. Large neoplasms are detected by palpation.
Treatment
If this ailment is detected at an early stage, it is necessary to conduct a checkup after 3 months and six months. If growth and other changes in the tumor are not observed, then it is allowed to undergo examination only once a year.
It is also believed that you can not follow a strict diet when the patient does not feel discomfort with such an ailment as liver hemangioma. The operation is necessary in the following situations:
- if the neoplasm causes sensations such as pain, discomfort and heaviness in the abdomen;
- if the tumor presses on other adjacent organs, thereby causing functional impairment in them;
- at a high growth rate (up to 50% and more per year);
- with large formations (more than 5 cm);
- in the case when the benignness of the disease is not confirmed;
- when the tumor ruptures.
In this article, we examined the main points that reveal the essence of such an ailment as liver hemangioma. What it is, it is very important to know, since this is a dangerous disease. It is also necessary to undergo a routine examination in the clinic so as not to start the disease.