Hepatic Hemangioma in Celiac Patients: Data from a Large Consecutive Series

Table 2

Characteristics of US findings in celiac disease (CD) patients and in controls.

	CD; (#97)	Controls; (#1352)
HH, #; (%)	14; (14.4)	69; (5.1)	0.0009
Prevalence of HH by gender
Females, # (%)	13/79 (16.4)	46/771 (5.9)	0.002
Males, # (%)	1/18 (5.6)	23/581 (3.9)	n.s.
Number of lesions
Single, # (%)	12 (85.7)	59 (85.5)	n.s.
Multiple, # (%)	2 (14.3)	10 (14.5)	n.s.
HH diameter (cm); median; (range)	1.3; (0.3–6.8)	1.5; (0.7–4.6)	n.s.
Atypical feature, # (%)	1 (1)	11 (0.81)	n.s.

HH: hepatic hemangioma.
Hypoechoic or isoechoic lesions, mixed echogenicity, lobulated mass, and blurred margins.