Hemangioendothelial sarcoma of the liver associated with long-term estrogen therapy in a man
| Autor: | J. M. Ham, R. C. Pirola, R. L. Crouch |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Oncology medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Physiology medicine.drug_class Autopsy Prostate Internal medicine medicine Carcinoma Humans Diethylstilbestrol Aged business.industry Hemangioendothelial sarcoma Liver Neoplasms Gastroenterology Prostatic Neoplasms Hepatology medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Liver Estrogen Hemangioendothelioma Stilbestrol Sarcoma business |
| Zdroj: | Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 25:879-883 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2568 0163-2116 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01338532 |
| Popis: | An elderly male patient developed a hemangioendothelial sarcoma of the liver after 9 years of stilbestrol therapy. The latter had been commenced as treatment for presumed carcinoma of the prostate. However, the latter diagnosis was never established, even at a subsequent autopsy, and presumably this was the reason he survived and had such a long course of treatment. It is suggested that there was a causal relationship between the estrogen therapy and the development of the sarcoma. This suggestion is supported by the fact that one similar case has been reported, and by recent evidence that hemangioendothelial sarcoma may be associated with the long-term use of androgenic-anabolic steroids. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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