Adult Pancreatic Hemangioma: Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Adult pancreatic hemangiomas reported in literature since 1939.

Case	Year	Authors	Age	Sex	Presentation	Diagnostic imaging	Location/Size	Treatment	Pathologic Description	IHC* Positivity
#1	1939	Ranström [7]	61	F	Found incidentally at autopsy	—	Head 7×7 cm	—	Pancreatic hemangioma	—
#2	1961	Ringoir et al. [8]	71	F	Hemetemesis, melena	Abdominal plain film, intravenous cholangiography	Head 15 cm diameter	Retrocolic gastroenterostomy, vagotomy	Pancreatic hemangioma	—
#3	1972	Colardyn et al. [9]	42	M	Abdominal/back pain	Abdominal plain film, angiography	Body/tail	Fat free diet; anticholinergics	—	—
#4	1985	Mangin et al. [10]	62	F	Malaise, nausea, thrombocytopenia	US, ERCP, CT (non-contrast), arteriography	Head/body/tail 20×7 cm	Laparotomy, observation	Pancreatic hemangioma	—
#5	1991	Kobayashi et al. [11]	30	M	Abdominal distention	US, CT, angiography, MRI	Head 20 cm greatest dimension	Pancreatico-duodenectomy	Pancreatic hemangioma	—
#6	1991	Dageförde et al. [12]	79	F	Abdominal pain	US, ERCP, angiography	Body/tail junction 6×3 cm	Observation	—	—
#7	2003	Chang et al. [13]	70	F	Epigastric tenderness	CT, angiography	Body/tail junction 4×3.2 cm	Subtotal pancreatectomy	Pancreatic hemangioma	Factor VIII-related antigen
#8	2006	Plank et al. [14]	36	M	Abdominal pain	CT, MRI, intraoperative US	Head 3 cm greatest dimension	Laparotomy, observation	—	—
#9	2008	Mundinger et al.	45	F	Epigastric pain radiating through to back	CT, MRI	Head 6.2×5.3 cm	Pylorus preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy	Pancreatic hemangioma	CD 31CD 34

*Immunohistochemistry.