Rapid Progression of Multifocal Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

nterferon Alpha-2B and Liver Resection to Treat Multifocal Hepatic pithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Relevant Approach to Avoid iver Transplantation

Background. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare malignant tumor of vascular origin with frequent multifocal appearance. Liver resection may cause tumor spread. Liver transplantation has been indicated for unresectable nodules. We hypothesized that adjuvant interferon treatment is effective to prevent metastasis after liver resection. We report a case of multifocal hepatic epithel...

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a report from three university centers*

OBJECTIVE To determine common imaging findings of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma on magnetic resonance images. MATERIALS AND METHODS A search was made of three institutional databases between January 2000 and August 2012. Seven patients (mean age, 47 years; range, 21-66 years; 6 women) with pathology-confirmed diagnosis of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma who had undergone m...

Multifocal Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

A case of a rare epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) with multifocal location in a 32 year-old male is reported. The patient presented to our hospital with a knee pain. After thorough investigations and establishing the diagnosis, surgical treatment was done. This tumor involves bones of the axial skeleton and long tubular bones. EHE is usually multifocal in more than 50% of the cases. The m...

A Novel Specific Genetic Translocation In Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma, Showing A Fusion Of The Wwtr1 And Camta1 Genes, Supports The Monoclonality Of Multifocal Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

Multifocal and metastatic hepatic hemangioendothelioma: case report and literature review*

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare neoplasm of vascular origin whose involvement of organs such as lung, spleen, bone, breast and liver has already been reported. The clinical signs and the prognosis of this tumor are quite variable. From the present case report, the authors have sought to contribute with literature data, by reviewing clinical and radiological features which may be usef...

Thalidomide for the treatment of metastatic hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a case report with a long term follow-up.

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is an unusual, low-grade malignant vascular tumor of the liver. Here we describe a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain in the upper right quadrant and giant hepatomegaly, in which imaging studies and a fine-needle liver biopsy confirmed the presence of a large EHE with an isolated lung metastasis. After balancing all possi...