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  • Patient: Male, 41-year-old Final Diagnosis: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease Symptoms: Pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Computed tomography • ultrasonography Specialty: Gastroenterology and Hepatology • Medicine, General and Internal • Nephrology OBJECTIVE: Congenital defects/diseases BACKGROUND: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is frequently associated with liver cysts, but an association with giant cavernous liver hemangioma is not mentioned in the literature. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 41-year-old man with ADPKD, secondary arterial hypertension, and stage 4 chronic kidney disease who presented with a 2-week history of persistent pain at the base of the right hemithorax and in the right hypochondrium. An ultrasound examination and a contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealed a giant cavernous liver hemangioma. Surgery was intially taken into account (however, twice delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic) but later refused because it would have left the patient with dangerously few liver parenchyma. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ADPKD associated with cavernous liver hemangioma. Vascular endothelial growth factor could be the pathophysiological link between the 2 conditions. Further research may unravel the molecular biology that underlies this possible association, pointing to new therapeutic avenues for ADPKD.
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  • 10.12659/ajcr.927188
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  • Am_J_Case_Rep
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  • cc-by-nc-nd
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/79aa37abb4588ae6a1401bf86de04685b1353c10.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7681259.xml.json
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  • 33206631.0
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  • Medline; PMC
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  • Giant Cavernous Hemangioma of the Liver in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
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  • 2020-11-18

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