title: Acute liver failure due to primary angiosarcoma: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hepatic angiosarcoma is a primary sarcoma of the liver, accounting for only 2% of all primary hepatic malignancies. Acute liver failure is an extremely rare presentation of a primary liver tumour.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a seventy year-old man who presented with a very short period of jaundice leading to fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). On further investigation he was found to have primary angiosarcoma of liver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment outcomes for hepatic angiosarcoma are poor, we discuss the options available and the need for prompt investigation and establishment of a diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. c.s.bhati@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Chandra S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bhati
authors.forename: Anand N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Starkey
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hubscher
authors.forename: Simon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bramhall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male