A case of stillbirth for rupture of intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish of litigation

A very uncommon case of the rupture of a intrahepatic hemangioma as a cause of stillbirth is reported. It seems that the event cannot be detectable. However the wish of litigation pushed parents to ascertain hypothetical liability of physicians ten years after the stillbirth. It was investigated why parents do not feel possible such a kind of rare events looking for a litigation. The conclusion seems that some patients’ believing does not meet physicians counseling and causes the failure of the medical goals of the best care. So improving the counseling should be ineffective. Rather, downgrading patients’ expectation from medical assessments and care seems the right way to reduce the wish of litigation.