Acute liver failure due to primary angiosarcoma: a case report and review of literature.
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.
Bhati
Chandra S
CS
Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. c.s.bhati@bham.ac.uk
Bhatt
Anand N
AN
Starkey
Graham
G
Hubscher
Stefan G
SG
Bramhall
Simon R
SR
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male