Spontaneous rupture of liver hemangioma during pregnancy

Background: Cavernous hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver. Autopsy series have revealed an incidence of 0.4–20%. Liver hemangiomas undergo rupture extremely rarely. Up to 1993, the number of reported cases of ruptured hemangiomas during pregnancy in the world literature was only 28; in the last decade, merely sporadic cases have been reported. The rate of mortality associated with such ruptures in adults is very high. Case: A 31-year-old patient in the 38th week of pregnancy was urgently hospitalized because of chest pain, a fainting feeling and hypotension. Lactacidosis, hyperglycemia and an…