title: Simultaneous laparoscopic splenectomy and right hemihepatectomy for littoral cell angiosarcoma accompanied with liver metastases.
abstract: Despite the wide acceptance of laparoscopic resection for treatment of abdominal tumors, only few cases of simultaneous laparoscopic removal of the spleen and the right liver have been reported to date. Littoral cell angiosarcoma (LCAS), which arises from the littoral cells lining the sinus channels of the splenic red pulp, is a rare condition, and there is limited literature on littoral cell angiosarcoma with liver metastases. We present the case of a 28-year-old woman with postoperative pathologically-proven LCAS with right liver metastases. The patient's surgery was safely performed, and her postoperative course was uneventful until now. This case suggests that concomitant laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) and right hemihepatectomy is a suitable surgical option for selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. xiudianrong@163.com.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dianrong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhaolai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Chunhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*