Recurrent giant hemangiomas of liver: Report of two rare cases with literature review

Table 1 Comparison of six patients with recurrent giant hemangiomas

	Age(yr)	Sex	Original tumor No./size	Initial treatment	Recurrence in years	Recurrent tumor No./size	Treatment for recurrence	Hormone	Micro-hemangiomas	Follow up(yr)
1	59	F	1/large	Radiation	13	Multiple/950 g	Surgery	Premarin	N/A	8
2	49	M	Entire left lobe	Radiation	16	Multiple/810 g	Surgery	None	N/A	3
3	57	F	Multiple/900 g	Surgery	17	1/7 cm	Observation	Premarin	N/A	< 1
4	55	F	1/650 g	Surgery/incomplete	11	1/690 g	Surgery	Premarin	N/A	1
5	64	F	Unknown	Surgery	16	Multiple/35 cm	Surgery	Unknown	N/A	16
6 (case 1)	37	F	1/14 cm	Surgery	5	1/15 cm1	Surgery	Unknown	Yes	8
7 (case 2)	40	F	1/20 cm	Surgery	4	1/16 cm	Observation	Probable (TAH-BSO)	Yes	11

¹The patient had recurrence 8 yr after the second surgery with multiple hemangiomas and not amenable for another resection. M: Male; F: Female; TAH-BSO: Total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; N/A: Not available.