[Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver. Accidental detection of a solitary focus resembling a hepatic cyst].
The authors describe the case-history of a young woman with a solitary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma of the liver which on initial sonographic and CT examination reminded of a simple liver cyst. Aspiration biopsy under US control confirmed a solitary tumor evaluated under the influence of results of imaging methods, admitting the presence of a capsule, as a probable cholangiogenic adenoma developing into malignity. The patient was subjected to surgical extirpation of the tumor and the definite diagnosis of its vascular origin was assessed only during a detailed examination of the resected tissue. After an eight-month follow up the patient has no signs of relapse.
Horejsová
M
M
II. Interní klinika, Ustav patologie, Praha.
Náprstková
J
J
Vyhnánek
F
F
Wohl
R
R
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*