Hemangioendothelioma of the liver associated with a solitary extrahepatic lesion

Hepatogastroenterology. 2004 Mar-Apr;51(56):436-8.

Abstract

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver is very uncommon and is quite difficult to distinguish from a cholangiocarcinoma or a metastatic liver disease by imaging diagnostics. However, the histological features are characteristic for this soft-tissue tumor. Although liver tumor is usually multifocal and a liver resection is not possible in most cases, we report a case of a multifocal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver that was completely resected. The tumor was associated with a solitary extrahepatic lesion, which was first discovered six months after the liver resection and which was also resected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / metabolism
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Radiography