Key result
Primary hepatic angiosarcoma can present with vague symptoms mimicking cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, requiring careful immunohistopathologic confirmation for diagnosis.
Why the study?
Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is rare, aggressive, carries a poor prognosis, and features vague symptomatology that often mimics hepatocellular carcinoma.
Case Report (n=1)
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Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm that can mimic hepatocellular carcinoma and requires careful immunohistopathologic confirmation for diagnosis.
Suspect PHA and obtain IHC when imaging suggests HCC amid cryptogenic cirrhosis; leaves open evidence-based management of this rare malignancy.
Primary hepatic angiosarcoma (PHA) is an exceedingly rare and aggressive neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. PHA makes a very small portion of primary liver tumors and conveys a poor prognosis. Symptomatology can be vague and often mimics primary hepatocellular carcinoma upon presentation. Diagnosis requires careful immunohistopathologic confirmation. We present a case of PHA in a patient with abdominal pain and suspected underlying cryptogenic cirrhosis.
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Anguiano-Albarran et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Primary hepatic angiosarcoma (n=1). Diagnostic evaluation was evaluated. Primary hepatic angiosarcoma can present with vague symptoms mimicking cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, requiring careful immunohistopathologic confirmation for diagnosis.
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