Jun-Ichiro Harada, Hiroshi Yoshida, Junji Ueda, Yasuhiro Mamada, Nobuhiko Taniai, Sho Mineta, Masato Yoshioka, Youichi Kawano, Yoshinobu Shioda, Eiji Uchida
Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is a rare tumor. We report on a patient who underwent hepatectomy for malignant HEH associated with abdominal pain due to rapid progression. An 83-year-old man was admitted to Nippon Medical School Hospital because of acute, severe upper abdominal pain. Seven months before admission, a hepatic tumor, 3 cm in diameter, had been detected in the left lateral sector. The diagnosis was hepatic cavernous hemangioma. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a heterogeneous hyperechoic tumor with a smooth border, 6 cm in diameter, in the left lateral sector (segment 3)...
2011: Journal of Nippon Medical School