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What if ct scan, untrasound , mri and spect are all inconclusive but my doctor's impression is that it is a hemangioma. should i request a biopsy?

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Follow your doctor's: Advice. What organ is affected? Likely it is liver and hemagiomas are common in liver and not likely to casue problem. Biopsy of a hemangioma is fraught with the risk of bleeding.

Answered 8/13/2016

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Dr. Luke Bolek answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

No : If his suspicion that you have a hemangioma then listen to him or her. You generally want to avoid a biopsy of a hemangioma because it is a collection of blood vessels. If someone biopsies a hemangioma then it will bleed.

Answered 4/24/2015

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