Key result
Transcatheter arterial embolization successfully stopped bleeding from a ruptured hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma, allowing the patient to remain well 4 months later despite disseminated disease.
Population
1 69-year-old man with haemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of a hepatic epithelioid…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
4 months
Authors
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Embolization may stabilize acute bleeding in this rare tumor; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Case Report (n=1)
Transcatheter arterial embolization can successfully control life-threatening bleeding from a spontaneously ruptured hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma.
Lau et al. (1989) conducted a case report in Hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma with spontaneous rupture (n=1). Transcatheter arterial embolization was evaluated on Bleeding cessation and survival. Transcatheter arterial embolization successfully stopped bleeding from a ruptured hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma, allowing the patient to remain well 4 months later despite disseminated disease.
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