Primary hepatic angiosarcoma: difficulty in clinical, radiological, and pathological diagnosis

Hepatic angiosarcoma is a rare primary mesenchymal malignancy. Prognosis is poor and mortality occurs early. The diagnosis is challenging. Our case was an asymptomatic 70 year-old man referred, with incidental ultrasonography finding of multiple liver nodules. Diagnostic laparoscopic liver biopsy an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medical journal of Malaysia 2012-02, Vol.67 (1), p.127-128
Hauptverfasser: Yang, K F, Leow, V M, Hasnan, M N, Manisekar, K Subramaniam
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Zusammenfassung:Hepatic angiosarcoma is a rare primary mesenchymal malignancy. Prognosis is poor and mortality occurs early. The diagnosis is challenging. Our case was an asymptomatic 70 year-old man referred, with incidental ultrasonography finding of multiple liver nodules. Diagnostic laparoscopic liver biopsy and the histopathological examination reported a haemangioma. Six months later, he became symptomatic and his health condition deteriorated rapidly.
ISSN:0300-5283