Hepatic angiosarcoma with metastasis to small intestine.
Hepatic angiosarcomas are rare tumours with poor prognosis, with patients usually dying within 6 months. Metastases mainly occur in lymph nodes, spleen, lungs, bones and adrenals. Metastasis to small intestine is even rarer. Similarly, primary or metastatic angiosarcomas in small intestine are extremely rare, often present with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia, and have an extremely poor prognosis. Both primary or metastatic intestinal angiosarcomas may exhibit epithelioid morphology. It may be very difficult to differentiate between primary and secondary cases in intestine and especially when the tumour exhibits epithelioid morphology.
Ahmad
Zubair
Z
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nisa
Azizun
A
Idrees
Romana
R
Minhas
Khurram
K
Pervez
Shahid
S
Mumtaz
Khalid
K
D000328:Adult; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male