title: Hepatic angiosarcoma and liver transplant: a report of 2 cases with diagnostic difficulties.
abstract: Angiosarcoma is a rare primary malignant mesenchymal tumor of the liver. The prognosis of hepatic angiosarcoma is poor with an average life expectancy of 6 months after diagnosis. Diagnosing hepatic angiosarcoma is challenging because of nondiagnostic liver biopsy or specious history and radiologic presentation. We report 2 cases with hepatic angiosarcoma which were diagnosed histopathologically in the native liver after liver transplant. One of 2 patients was lost to follow-up, and another patient died of relapsing hepatic angiosarcoma 18 months after the liver transplant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayşen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzi
authors.forename: Emine Ebru
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.forename: Nihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haberal
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
authors.forename: Binnaz Handan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Özdemir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome