Hemangioma of the liver. Diagnosis with combined use of laparoscopy and hepatic arteriography.

A case of hepatic hemangioma is reported in which preoperative diagnosis, with the combined aid of serial selective hepatic arteriography and laparoscopy, was necessary. The patient underwent right hepatic lobectomy after extensive extrahepatic individual ligations with no severe postoperative complications. The combined use of selective hepatic arteriography and laparoscopy is emphasized as essential for the correct diagnosis of hepatic hemangioma.