Infantile hemangioendothelioma of the liver in an adult

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001 Jul;125(7):931-2. doi: 10.5858/2001-125-0931-IHOTLI.

Abstract

Hepatic infantile hemangioendothelioma (IHE) is a rare benign vascular tumor of the liver found mostly in infancy and early childhood. We describe herein a tumor of the liver, morphologically indistinguishable from IHE, that presented in an adult. The patient is a 56-year-old woman with a history of ductal carcinoma in situ of the left breast and a mass in the liver. The patient underwent resection of the tumor, and after 23 months of follow-up she is alive with no evidence of expansion of the liver tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Hemangioendothelioma / pathology*
  • Hemangioendothelioma / surgery
  • Hepatectomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged