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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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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043292/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27721730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000448067 |
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author | 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 |
author_facet | 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 |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-50432922016-10-07 Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage 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 Case Rep Gastroenterol Single Case 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. S. Karger AG 2016-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5043292/ /pubmed/27721730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000448067 Text en Copyright © 2016 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission. |
spellingShingle | Single Case 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 Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
title | Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
title_full | Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
title_fullStr | Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
title_full_unstemmed | Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
title_short | Hepatic Angiosarcoma Associated with Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage |
title_sort | hepatic angiosarcoma associated with esophageal variceal hemorrhage |
topic | Single Case |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043292/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27721730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000448067 |
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