Acute liver failure due to primary angiosarcoma: A case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Hepatic angiosarcoma is a primary sarcoma of the liver, accounting for only 2% of all primary hepatic malignancies. Acute liver failure is an extremely rare presentation of a primary liver tumour. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a seventy year-old man who presented with a very sho...

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Autores principales: Bhati, Chandra S, Bhatt, Anand N, Starkey, Graham, Hubscher, Stefan G, Bramhall, Simon R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-6-104
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Hepatic angiosarcoma is a primary sarcoma of the liver, accounting for only 2% of all primary hepatic malignancies. Acute liver failure is an extremely rare presentation of a primary liver tumour. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a seventy year-old man who presented with a very short period of jaundice leading to fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). On further investigation he was found to have primary angiosarcoma of liver. CONCLUSION: The treatment outcomes for hepatic angiosarcoma are poor, we discuss the options available and the need for prompt investigation and establishment of a diagnosis

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