title: Hemangioendothelioma of the liver associated with a solitary extrahepatic lesion.
abstract: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver is very uncommon and is quite difficult to distinguish from a cholangiocarcinoma or a metastatic liver disease by imaging diagnostics. However, the histological features are characteristic for this soft-tissue tumor. Although liver tumor is usually multifocal and a liver resection is not possible in most cases, we report a case of a multifocal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver that was completely resected. The tumor was associated with a solitary extrahepatic lesion, which was first discovered six months after the liver resection and which was also resected.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Germany. georgios.sotiropoulos@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: Georgios C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sotiropoulos
authors.forename: Gernot M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Nils R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Frühauf
authors.forename: Hilmar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kühl
authors.forename: Klaus A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: Karl J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Oldhafer
authors.forename: Christoph E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Broelsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography