Angiosarcoma of the liver as a cause of fulminant liver failure

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

doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-006417

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

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - CampCM

Gama Moreno, Manlio Gerardo

Romero Feregrino, Rodrigo

Type

text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2012-006417

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/2393

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.