Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage

Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is a very rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. Because patients present with no specific symptoms, the cancer can grow undetected and most cases are diagnosed too late for resection. We present the case of a 78-year-old Japanese man admitted to our hospital with massiv...

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Published inCase reports in gastroenterology Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 440 - 445
Main Authors Ito, Zensho, Kajihara, Mikio, Kobayashi, Yasunobu, Kanai, Tomoya, Matsumoto, Yoshihiro, Takakura, Kazuki , Yukawa, Toyokazu , Ohkusa, Toshifumi, Koyama, Seita, Imazu, Hiroo, Arakawa, Hiroshi, Ohata, Mitsuru, Koido, Shigeo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 12.08.2016
Karger Publishers
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Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy
Esophageal variceal hemorrhage
Hepatic angiosarcoma
Single Case
Esophageal variceal hemorrhage
Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy
Hepatic angiosarcoma
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Summary:Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is a very rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. Because patients present with no specific symptoms, the cancer can grow undetected and most cases are diagnosed too late for resection. We present the case of a 78-year-old Japanese man admitted to our hospital with massive hematemesis and melena. A total gastrectomy had previously been performed on the patient to treat gastric cancer. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy was performed to control the bleeding from varices over the anastomosis. Computed tomography revealed the presence of multiple atypical liver nodules in the enhanced image. Histological diagnosis of hepatic angiosarcoma was obtained by percutaneous ultrasound-guided liver biopsy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with hepatic angiosarcoma and acute variceal hemorrhage.
ISSN:1662-0631
1662-0631
DOI:10.1159/000448067