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1: World J Surg Oncol. 2008 Sep 30;6:104.Click here to read Click here to read Links

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

Bhati CS, Bhatt AN, Starkey G, Hubscher SG, Bramhall SR.

Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. c.s.bhati@bham.ac.uk

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.

PMID: 18826593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2567320