Angiosarcoma of the liver as a cause of fulminant liver failure

Journal
Case Reports
ISSN
1757-790X
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Montell García, Marco
Romero Cabello, Raúl
Romero Feregrino, Raul
Mercado Atri, Moises
Trejo Estrada, Rafael
Padilla-Rodríguez, Álvaro
Gama Moreno, Manlio Gerardo
Romero Feregrino, Rodrigo
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
DOI
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Abstract
Primary liver sarcomas make up 2% of all malignant neoplasms of the liver; of these, angiosarcoma is the most common type. Primary liver tumours rarely cause fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), which is most frequently caused by non-neoplasmic pathologies. In the case of neoplasms, the most frequent are lymphoma and metastatic carcinomas. We describe the case of a 76-year-old man who suffered from FHF as a result of a liver angiosarcoma and we present a review of the medical literature in which we found only two cases of liver angiosarcomas linked to FHF.