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Hemangioma can be misdiagnosed. In our case the lesion was suggestive of a melanoma of the leg in a young patient. Indeed, the location of hemangioma in the limb is extremely rare and the and the literature most often reports the location of the upper limb. The largest hemangioma described was 10 cm in diameter In our patient, the size was 5.5x5 cm which makes our case interesting. In our case, the appearance, location and evolutionary history of the lesion were mistaken for a melanoma. Cavernous hemangioma is a rare, malformation that is difficult to diagnose. It is most of deep localization, namely the nervous system, the bone and the muscle. We report a case of a giant hemangioma of the leg mimicking a melanoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Les auteurs rapportent une observation d´un hémangiome géant hépatique révélé par un traumatisme abdominal suite à un accident de la voie publique. L´originalité de ce cas tient à la découverte à la tomodensitométrie d´un angiome géant du foie chez un individu de sexe masculin reçu dans le cadre du bilan radiologique d´évaluation de son traumatisme. Cette présentation clinique ne permettait en aucun cas d´évoquer un hémangiome du foie.