TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatic angiosarcoma with metastasis to small intestine
AU - Ahmad, Zubair
AU - Azizunnisa,
AU - Idrees, Romana
AU - Minhas, Khurram
AU - Pervez, Shahid
AU - Mumtaz, Khalid
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Hepatic angiosarcomas are rare tumours with poor prognosis, with patients usually dying within 6 months. Metastases mainly occur in lymph nodes, spleen, lungs, bones and adrenals. Metastasis to small intestine is even rarer. Similarly, primary or metastatic angiosarcomas in small intestine are extremely rare, often present with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia, and have an extremely poor prognosis. Both primary or metastatic intestinal angiosarcomas may exhibit epithelioid morphology. It may be very difficult to differentiate between primary and secondary cases in intestine and especially when the tumour exhibits epithelioid morphology.
AB - Hepatic angiosarcomas are rare tumours with poor prognosis, with patients usually dying within 6 months. Metastases mainly occur in lymph nodes, spleen, lungs, bones and adrenals. Metastasis to small intestine is even rarer. Similarly, primary or metastatic angiosarcomas in small intestine are extremely rare, often present with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia, and have an extremely poor prognosis. Both primary or metastatic intestinal angiosarcomas may exhibit epithelioid morphology. It may be very difficult to differentiate between primary and secondary cases in intestine and especially when the tumour exhibits epithelioid morphology.
KW - Hepatic angiosarcoma
KW - Immunohistochemical markers
KW - Jejunal metastasis
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18452671
AN - SCOPUS:41049107658
SN - 1022-386X
VL - 18
SP - 50
EP - 52
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
IS - 1
ER -