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Angiosarcoma of the liver as a cause of fulminant liver failure
Marco Montell García1, Raúl Romero Cabello, Raul Romero Feregrino
1Department of Infectology, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico D F, Mexico.
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.
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