title: Living donor liver transplantation for epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: Report of a case.
abstract: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EH) of the liver is a rare tumor, generally considered to have low-grade malignancy. Little is known about its clinical behavior and the therapeutic strategy is not established. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who underwent living donor liver transplantation for EH with splenic metastases and died of recurrence 8 months later. To determine if transplantation improves the prognosis of patients with EH, we must re-evaluate its indications.
authors.affiliation: Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Takeaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishizawa
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed