Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver.
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EH) of the liver is a rare tumor and is difficult to differentiate from cholangiocellular carcinoma or metastatic liver tumor on image diagnosis. A case of curatively resected EH of the liver is reported. A 48-year-old woman was admitted because she had a mass in the liver. Cholangiocellular carcinoma was suspected preoperatively. Right trisegmentectomy of the liver, combined with bile duct resection and portal vein resection and reconstruction, was performed. Characteristic macro- and microscopic findings of the resected specimen revealed EH of the liver. The patient has survived for more than 6 years without recurrence. Because of the tendency of EH of the liver to appear in multiple or scattered forms, only 12 cases of resection for EH have been reported.
Nagase
M
M
Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, East 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan.
Ryu
M
M
Kinoshita
T
T
Konishi
M
M
Inoue
K
K
Tiku
V
V
Nawano
S
S
D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed