Hemangioma of Liver in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type I (Von Recklinghausen’s Disease)

Abstract

Case Presentation A 62 year old male presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and watery diarrhea since a week .he had 5 episodes in a day and the diarrhea was watery in consistency. He also complained of anorexia since the past month but no weight loss was documented. On examination he had dyspnea on exertion and his abdomen had guarding and was tender. His bowel sounds were positive. He smoked cigarette as well as hukka with a history of one pack per day for 25 years.No other comorbidities were present. He had pallor and neurofibromas all over his body with the largest being behind his left ear as shown in Figure: 1 and 2. His rest of the systemic examination was normal. His ultrasound showed a hemangioma in the left lobe of the liver measuring 4.4cmX4.3X4.9cm as shown in Figure: 3