Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Hepatic hemangiomas are considered to be the most common benign tumors of the liver. They are often found incidentally while investigating for other causes of liver disease. Hemangiomas that are less than 10 cm are not expected to cause any problems. Typically, they do not enlarge and, apart from re...
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| author | Francis Msume Banda Jeremy S. Slone Alan Anderson Marisa Beretta Priya Walabh Jerome Loveland Simon Nayler Farirai Fani Takawira |
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| description | Hepatic hemangiomas are considered to be the most common benign tumors of the liver. They are often found incidentally while investigating for other causes of liver disease. Hemangiomas that are less than 10 cm are not expected to cause any problems. Typically, they do not enlarge and, apart from regular follow-up, no definitive treatment is indicated. This is a posthumous case report of a male child with a medium-sized hemangioma from infancy, complicated by cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatopulmonary syndrome. It demonstrates the challenges of managing a child with such complicated conditions in a resource-limited setting. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0fbe40fc69a84453adf843af72bdbd2b2025-08-20T03:54:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112017-01-01201710.1155/2017/79403657940365Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureFrancis Msume Banda0Jeremy S. Slone1Alan Anderson2Marisa Beretta3Priya Walabh4Jerome Loveland5Simon Nayler6Farirai Fani Takawira7Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, BotswanaBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Houston, TX, USABaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Houston, TX, USAPaediatric Liver Transplant Unit, Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South AfricaPaediatric Liver Transplant Unit, Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaWits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Drs Gritzman & Thatcher Inc., Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Paediatrics, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaHepatic hemangiomas are considered to be the most common benign tumors of the liver. They are often found incidentally while investigating for other causes of liver disease. Hemangiomas that are less than 10 cm are not expected to cause any problems. Typically, they do not enlarge and, apart from regular follow-up, no definitive treatment is indicated. This is a posthumous case report of a male child with a medium-sized hemangioma from infancy, complicated by cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatopulmonary syndrome. It demonstrates the challenges of managing a child with such complicated conditions in a resource-limited setting.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7940365 |
| spellingShingle | Francis Msume Banda Jeremy S. Slone Alan Anderson Marisa Beretta Priya Walabh Jerome Loveland Simon Nayler Farirai Fani Takawira Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Boy with Hepatic Hemangioma in Botswana: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatopulmonary syndrome in a boy with hepatic hemangioma in botswana a case report and review of the literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7940365 |
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