title: Angiosarcoma of the liver as a cause of fulminant liver failure.
abstract: Primary liver sarcomas make up 2% of all malignant neoplasms of the liver; of these, angiosarcoma is the most common type. Primary liver tumours rarely cause fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), which is most frequently caused by non-neoplasmic pathologies. In the case of neoplasms, the most frequent are lymphoma and metastatic carcinomas. We describe the case of a 76-year-old man who suffered from FHF as a result of a liver angiosarcoma and we present a review of the medical literature in which we found only two cases of liver angiosarcomas linked to FHF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectology, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico D F, Mexico.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montell García
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero Cabello
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero Feregrino
authors.forename: Mercado
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atri Moises
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trejo Estrada
authors.forename: Padilla-Rodríguez
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Alvaro
authors.forename: Gama
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moreno Manlio Gerardo
authors.forename: Romero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feregrino Rodrigo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18