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The treatment results of 178 patients with liver hemangioms were analyzed. 322 liver hemangioms of the average size of 36,5 (4-350) mm were diagnosed in 178 patients. 50 (28%) patients were operated on. The largest operated lesion was 100mm. Basic indications to the surgical treatment were: symptomatic course of the disease (42%), unclear diagnosis (24%) and fast growth of the lesion (16%). The lethality rate was 2% (1 of 50), postoperative complications were registered in 24% (12 of 50). Tumor enucleation was performed in 12 (24%) cases, the liver resection - in 38 (76%). The long-term follow-up (average of 55 months) was achieved in 50%(89 of 178) patients. The were no symptoms of the disease in 88,5% of the operated patients and they disappeared in 84% of the non-operated patients. The majority of the patients with the nonsympomatic course of the disease showed anuy negative dynamics of the process. Thus, in 85,2% there were no hemangiom growth registered, 11,1% demonstrated the enlargement of the lesion on 13-38 mm, and 3,7% showed the smaller diameter of the tumour. The study highlights the seldom necessity of the operative treatment of liver hemangioms: by severe symptoms, unclear diagnosis and the fast tumour growth. The enucleation of the tumor is preferable to the liver resection. The exact diagnosis permits the long observance with the ultrasound control as often as once a year.

Adrenal cavernous hemangiomas are rare non-functional tumors. This article describes the case of a patient with a cavernous adrenal hemangioma. Prior to surgery, the mass was diagnosed as an incidentaloma. It was successfully removed by means of endoscopic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy without any intraoperative, nor postoperative complications and histologycally verified as "adrenal cavernous hemangioma".

Clinical and radiologic results of hepatic artery embolization (HAE) were retrospectively analyzed in 32 patients with cavernous hemangioma of the liver. Embolization was the only method of treatment of the hemangioma in 25 of 32 patients. HAE was effective for improvement of symptoms such as abdominal pain, anemia, rapid tumor enlargement, portal or systemic hypertension due to intratumoral arterioportal or arteriovenous fistulas. On the other hand, symptoms of hepatic tumor improved in only two patients but became worse in four of 14 patients with non-severe disease. During one to five years of follow-up, reduction of arterial supply of hemangioma was seen in all the patients, but the tumor size decreased in only 1/3 of them. It is concluded that individual approach to the use of HAE and other treatment modalities should be preferred in patients with hepatic cavernous hemangioma.

Results of surgical treatment of cavernous liner hemangiomas in 47 patients have been analysed. In 7 cases the original method of surgery in unresectable liver hemangiomas was used. The method was designed by the authors of the article. The proper diagnosis of liver hemangiomas is possible in the specialized divisions only. Ultrasound examination, CT and laparoscopy play the major role in diagnosis. Anatomical liver resection is the major surgical method. In cases of unresectable hemangiomas the method of omento-hepatopexy with subsequent X-ray therapy is indicated.

Angiodysplasia is a rare disease of the intestinal vessels. One of its types is the congenital form (so-called hemangioma or vascular hamartoma) which is mostly encountered at young age. Forty-eight patients with congenital forms of angiodysplasia of the large intestine were treated at the Scientific Research Institute of Proctology, RF Ministry of Health, beginning from 1962. According to morphological structure, there were 26 cases of the cavernous type, 11 of the capillary type, 11 of the mixed forms. In 46 of 48 patients the rectum and sigmoid were involved in the pathological process. Intestinal bleeding of various degree and intensity, occurring in 40 patients from early childhood, was the principal symptom in the clinical picture of the disease. The endoscopic picture of congenital angiodysplasia of the large intestine has characteristic macroscopic signs. Irrigoscopy and angiography are also very valuable and informative methods in the diagnosis of this form. Surgical interventions were performed on 28 patients, which accounted for 58.3% of the total number of patients with congenital angiodysplasia. Profuse bleeding leading to stable anemization of the patient is an indication for surgery. The volume of the operation was determined by the localization and spread of the pathological process. In concurrent localization of dysplasias, particularly in the pelvic cavity, and bearing in mind the seriousness of the operation itself, the degree of intraoperative blood loss, and the technical peculiarities of the intervention we prefer many-stage treatment. We encountered 18 complications, which mainly developed on the part of the perineum.

The results of treatment of 7 patients with extensive hepatic hemangiomas are analysed. In 6 patients the diagnosis was established before the operation. The liver was resected in 4 patients. One patients with malignant degeneration of the hemangioma was inoperable, in another the hemangioma was not removed because of his old age, and still in another because the process had spread. The authors conclude that in large hemangiomas of the liver in young and middle-aged patients resection of the organ is indicated, especially if there is a destruction cavity and a rapid growth of hemangioma. The operation is not indicated in capillary, surface hemangiomas of a small size, old age of the patient, extension of the process in to the main vascular structures of the other hepatic lobe.