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The Influence of Liver Resection on Intrahepatic Tumor Growth
Published on: April 9, 2016
[A Case of the Spontaneously Ruptured Recurrence Hepatic Angiosarcoma after Hepatic Resection]
Shoichiro Arai1, Daiki Miyazaki, Kazuaki Hashimoto
1Dept. of Surgery, Kurume University Hospital.
Abstract:
A 67-year-old male was referred to our hospital in a state of shock. Transcatheter arterial embolization(TAE)was performed for the diagnosis of liver tumor rupture, followed by extended posterior area resection 18 days later. Histopathologically, he was diagnosed with hepatic angiosarcoma. The patient was discharged 18 days after the surgery, but readmitted on the 51st day due to bleeding shock caused by the rupture of a recurrent tumor in the liver. Although TAE was performed, the patient developed hepatic failure and died on postoperative day 81. Autopsy revealed multiple intrahepatic recurrence and peritoneal dissemination. Herein, we report a case of ruptured hepatic angiosarcoma that underwent hepatic resection after TAE and had a rapid outcome due to early postoperative rupture of recurrent lesion.
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