title: Hepatic angiosarcoma with metastasis to small intestine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zubair
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Azizun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nisa
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Idrees
authors.forename: Khurram
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minhas
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pervez
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mumtaz
mesh_terms: 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