Hepatic angiosarcoma of childhood: a case report and review of literature.
Angiosarcomas are rare tumors that predominantly affect adults. Hepatic angiosarcoma in a child is an extremely rare event and is associated with a poor prognosis. Herein, we report our experience in a case of hepatic angiosarcoma in a child who presented with a huge unresectable mass that underwent liver transplantation.
Transplant Research Center, Iran. geramib@sums.ac.ir
Bita
B
Geramizadeh
Ali
A
Safari
Ali
A
Bahador
Saman
S
Nikeghbalian
Heshmatollah
H
Salahi
Kourosh
K
Kazemi
Seyed-Mohsen
SM
Dehghani
Seyed-Ali
SA
Malek-Hosseini
D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male