RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aggressive primary hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a case report and literature review
JF Cancer Biology and Medicine
JO Cancer Biol Med
FD China Anti-Cancer Association
SP 187
OP 190
DO 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0105
VO 14
IS 2
A1 Afrit, Mehdi
A1 Nasri, Meher
A1 Labidi, Soumaya
A1 Mejri, Nesrine
A1 El Benna, Houda
A1 Boussen, Hamouda
YR 2017
UL http://www.cancerbiomed.org/content/14/2/187.abstract
AB A new case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is reported to have occurred to a 67-year-old patient who consulted for right-sided chest pain. The work-up showed multiple right pulmonary lesions associated with bilateral moderate pleural effusion and left-sided pleural thickening and three hypodense nodules in the right lobe of the liver, peritoneal thickening, ascites, and multiple vertebral lytic lesions. The diagnosis of an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma was concluded through a histological examination of a computed tomography scan guided biopsy of the liver. The patient received a primary mono-chemotherapy with Adriamycin (75 mg/m2 every three weeks) and intravenous bisphosphonates without response and general status impairment. The patient died after 16 months of follow-up.