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Right hepatectomy reveals primary hepatic angiosarcoma in a 66-year-old man lacking environmental risk factors.
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Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is a rare, aggressive liver malignancy with poor prognostic factors including older age, large tumor size, and high Ki-67 index.
Image in FocusPrimary hepatic angiosarcoma is a high-grade mesenchymal tumor with very aggressive behavior, and accounts for 0.1-2% of all liver malignancies.1 Most of the time, patients present with abdominal pain, fatigue, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, jaundice, and anemia.This neoplasm is known for intraperitoneal rupture.Poor prognostic factors include older age, large tumor size, and a high Ki-67 index.
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Parkhi et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Primary hepatic angiosarcoma (n=1). Right hepatectomy was evaluated. A 66-year-old man with no predisposing environmental risk factors was diagnosed with primary hepatic angiosarcoma based on histopathological and immunohistochemical findings following a right hepatectomy.
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