Hemangiomas of the liver are usually called benign neoplasms. Unlike most other tumors, these in malignant never outgrow. The thing is that they are nothing but small glomeruli consisting of vessels.
The causes of liver hemangioma in adults
This ailment can be found in both men and women. And yet, according to statistics, the fair sex representatives suffer from neoplasms in the liver much more often than men. The size of the tumors is usually quite small, but medicine also knows cases when the glomeruli of the vessels grew to 20 centimeters or more.
The exact causes of hepatic hemangioma are still unknown to science. But there are suggestions:
- Experts have reason to believe that this is an inherent problem, since from time to time neoplasms are found in the body of very young children. Accordingly, the hereditary predisposition to the disease can be fully attributed to the list of causes that cause it.
- As women are more prone to disease, doctors have reason to believe that certain characteristics of their organisms lead to this. Based on this, one more reason for the appearance of hemangioma in the liver was identified - a special female hormone. Moreover, doctors are sure that estrogen - it is about this hormone in question - even under the power to provoke the formation of malignant tumors.
- The cause of liver hemangioma in some patients are infectious organ damage and inflammatory processes occurring in it. Negative health - especially when it comes to the liver - is also affected by alcohol abuse.
- Another possible cause of the disease is mechanical damage to the liver. These can be bruises, pinching and others.
The main manifestations of hemangioma
Regardless of the cause of hemangioma in the right or left lobe of the liver, the symptoms do not change. At first, the ailment does not have to manifest itself at all. In this case, it can be detected only during the next scheduled examination.
The first signs appear mainly when the neoplasm substantially increases in size and begins to squeeze the neighboring organs. At the same time, it appears:
- pain in the right hypochondrium ;
- nausea;
- slight malaise;
- weakness.