Key result
Repeated hepatectomy successfully treated a patient with primary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver and pulmonary metastases, resulting in no intrahepatic recurrence at 6 months.
Case Report (n=1)
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Repeated hepatectomy may be a viable treatment option for primary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver even in the presence of stable pulmonary metastases.
May support repeated hepatectomy despite stable pulmonary metastases; leaves open need for prospective validation in this rare tumor.
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Hosoda et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Primary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver with pulmonary metastases (n=1). Repeated hepatectomy was evaluated on Recurrence-free status. Repeated hepatectomy successfully treated a patient with primary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver and pulmonary metastases, resulting in no intrahepatic recurrence at 6 months.
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