Liver transplantation for cryptogenic liver failure caused by diffuse hepatic angiosarcoma: case report.

Yoshihiro YoshidaTomoharu YoshizumiHuanlin WangKazuhito SakataMasahiro ShimokawaTakeshi KuriharaTakashi MotomuraShinji ItohNoboru HaradaNorifumi HarimotoToru IkegamiHideaki UchiyamaYuji SoejimaYoshihiko Maehara

Published in: Surgical case reports (2017)

Hepatic angiosarcoma has a very high relapse rate after LT. Pre-transplant liver biopsy may be necessary to distinguish diffuse hepatic angiosarcoma from tumors of other origin in patients with cryptogenic liver failure.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
case report
low grade
free survival
high grade