Malignant hemangiopericytoma of the liver: report of a case.
A 30 year old female was admitted with right upper abdominal pain and fever. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a large cystic mass in the right lobe of the liver, and aspiration bacteriology was negative. A right hepatic lobectomy was performed for a suspected cystadenocarcinoma, however, the tumor was histologically diagnosed as a hemangiopericytoma with prominent venous invasion. The patient died within a short time of multiple pulmonary metastases. Primary hepatic hemangiopericytoma is extremely rare, and according to our research, this is only the 4th case reported in the literature.
Sano
T
T
Department of Surgery, Sanraku Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Terada
T
T
Hayashi
F
F
Kiribuchi
Y
Y
Setoyama
R
R
Kawano
N
N
Hatakeyama
S
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary