Hepatic hemangioma classification

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nawal Muazam M.D.[2]

Hepatic hemangioma may be classified into typical and atypical hemangioma.^[1][2]

Hepatic hemangioma may be classified into:^[1][2]

• Typical hepatic hemangioma
• Atypical hepatic hemangioma

• Giant hepatic hemangioma
• Flash filling hepatic hemangioma: can account for up to 16% of all hepatic hemangiomas
• Slow fill hepatic hemangioma: can account for around 8-16% of all hemangiomas
• Calcified hepatic hemangioma
• Hyalinised/sclerosed hepatic hemangioma
• Other unusual imaging patterns

• Hepatic hemangioma with capsular retraction
• Hepatic hemangioma with surrounding regional nodular hyperplasia
• Hepatic hemangioma with fatty infiltration
• Pedunculated hepatic hemangioma
• Cystic hepatic hemangioma: rare
• Fluid-fluid level containing hepatic hemangioma: rare