Hepatic angiosarcoma and liver transplant: a report of 2 cases with diagnostic difficulties

Autor: Ayşen, Terzi, Emine Ebru, Deniz, Nihan, Haberal, Gökhan, Moray, Binnaz Handan, Özdemir
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. 12
ISSN: 2146-8427
Popis: 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.
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