A long-term survival case of adult undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of liver

• Published in: World journal of surgical oncology Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 65
• Main Authors: Noguchi, Keita, Yokoo, Hideki, Nakanishi, Kazuaki, Kakisaka, Tatsuhiko, Tsuruga, Yosuke, Kamachi, Hirofumi, Matsushita, Michiaki, Kamiyama, Toshiya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.04.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adult; Adult undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of liver; Adults; Anthracyclines; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Aspartate; Care and treatment; Case Report; Cell Differentiation; Chemotherapy; Cisplatin - administration & dosage; Combined Modality Therapy; Consent; Curable; Cyclophosphamide; Cyclophosphamide - administration & dosage; Dactinomycin - administration & dosage; Diagnosis; Doxorubicin - administration & dosage; Etoposide; Female; Hematopoietic stem cells; Hemorrhage; Hepatitis; Humans; Liver; Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis; Liver Neoplasms - mortality; Liver Neoplasms - therapy; Long-term survival; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - diagnosis; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - mortality; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - therapy; Patient outcomes; Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; Phosphatases; Prognosis; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy Dosage; Sarcoma; Sarcoma - diagnosis; Sarcoma - mortality; Sarcoma - therapy; Stem cells; Surgery; Survival Rate; Tomography; Transplantation; Vincristine - administration & dosage; Virus diseases

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver (USEL) is a rare malignant hepatic tumor with a poor prognosis that is usually observed in children (aged 6 to 10 years) and rarely seen in adults. We present a case of USEL in a 27-year-old woman with no previous history of the disease. Laboratory tes...