Metastasis from a primary hepatic angiosarcoma to the colon: A case report and literature review

• Published in: Oncology letters Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 2765 - 2769
• Main Authors: Mokutani, Yukako, Hata, Taishi, Miyake, Yuichiro, Kuroda, Hideki, Takahashi, Hidekazu, Haraguchi, Naotsugu, Nishimura, Junichi, Mizushima, Tsunekazu, Yamamoto, Hirofumi, Doki, Yuichiro, Mori, Masaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece Spandidos Publications UK Ltd 01.04.2017; D.A. Spandidos
• Subjects: Abdomen; Case reports; Colonoscopy; Family medical history; Liver; Medical prognosis; Metastasis; Patients; Surgery; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Japan; angiosarcoma; positron emission tomography/computed tomography; colorectal; liver; metastasis

Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is a rare type of tumor with a poor prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, curative surgery of a metastatic gastrointestinal angiosarcoma from a hepatic angiosarcoma has not been reported previously. In the present report, a case of colonic metastasis from a primary he...