Hepatic hemangioma confessed to surgery by Kwon Sang-woo, why follow-up is necessary
Jan 21, 2025
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On the 20th, the story of Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Yi-kyung, and Hwang Woo-seul-hye, who appeared to promote the movie 「Hit Man 2」, was revealed on the YouTube channel 'Cheerful Brother'.
In the video, Kwon Sang-woo said, "I'm confessing for the first time today. I had a hemangioma in my liver, so I had surgery", he confessed that his father died of liver cancer early.
Kwon Sang-woo said he performed surgery before filming 'Hitman 2', accepting the doctor's recommendation that "If you get bigger than 10cm, you have to open your stomach, so remove it when you get to 6cm if you have a schedule." Then "I took out about half of the liver on my palm, but the liver is so big that even if I take out 30%, it is the size of an ordinary person." I've been in the hospital for quite a while now."
Hepatic hemangioma' is the most common benign tumor that occurs in the liver, where blood vessels proliferate abnormally and form a mass.
In general, it is difficult to be aware of because it is asymptomatic, and it is often accidentally found in health check-ups. Symptoms such as abdominal discomfort, pain, and nausea may occur if the size is grown to be more than 10 cm or multiple.
If the size is not large and does not cause symptoms, follow-up observations can be done regularly, but if the size is too large or symptoms are present, treatment including surgical resection may be required. It is different from cancer, which is a malignant tumor, but in rare cases, rupture of hemangiomas can lead to serious bleeding, so you need to pay close attention.
The exact cause of hepatic hemangioma is not clear, but studies suggest that it may be affected by genetic factors or hormones. It also tends to be more common in women than men.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
