Hemangioendothelioma of the liver associated with a solitary extrahepatic lesion.
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.
Sotiropoulos
Georgios C
GC
Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Germany. georgios.sotiropoulos@uni-essen.de
Kaiser
Gernot M
GM
Frühauf
Nils R
NR
Kühl
Hilmar
H
Metz
Klaus A
KA
Oldhafer
Karl J
KJ
Broelsch
Christoph E
CE
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