[Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, erythrophagocytosis and consumption coagulopathy in vinyl chloride-induced hemangiosarcoma of the spleen and liver]

Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1987 Jun 27;117(26):990-5.
[Article in German]

Abstract

A case of angiosarcoma of the liver and the spleen following vinyl chloride exposure is described. The main symptoms in clinical diagnosis were microangiopathic hemolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hepatosplenomegaly and exposure to vinyl chloride thirty years ago. It is the first case in which liver and spleen are involved in angiosarcoma due to vinyl chloride exposure. The tumor cells showed angioformative and solid histiocytoid growth with erythrophagocytosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / chemically induced*
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / chemically induced*
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Erythrocytes
  • Female
  • Hemangiosarcoma / chemically induced*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Phagocytosis
  • Vinyl Chloride / adverse effects*
  • Vinyl Compounds / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Vinyl Compounds
  • Vinyl Chloride