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Can a benign liver hemangioma become cancerous after several years?

Q: can a benign liver hemangioma become cancerous after several years?

: Never say never, but very highly unlikely. Bleeding from a large hemangioma can nevertheless be life threatening. Such lesions can be destroyed by radiofrequency or by embolization, without the need for open surgery.

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Never say never, but very highly unlikely. Bleeding from a large hemangioma can nevertheless be life threatening. Such lesions can be destroyed by radiofrequency or by embolization, without the need for open surgery.

Answered 12/4/2021

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Can a benign liver hemangioma become cancerous after several years?

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