Korean J Hepatol.  1998 Sep;4(3):283-289.

Undifferentiated Sarcoma of the Liver in Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Kim KH
• Lee SJ
• Lee G
• Jeen YT
• Lee HS
• Chun HJ
• Song CW
• Um SH
• Lee SW
• Choi JH
• Kim CD
• Ryu HS
• Hyun JH

Abstract

Undifferentiated sarcoma is one of the rare primary malignant tumor of the liver typically occur ring in later childhood. It has also been referred to embryonal sarcoma or malignant mesenchymoma. In Korea, three child and two adult cases have been reported to date in liter ature. We experienced a case of undifferentiated sarcoma in a 65- year- old female who presented with abdominal pain and right upper quadrant mass . Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scan revealed a well demarcated mass with low at tenuation and sept ation at left lobe of the liver and the mass showed hypovas cular pattern on hepatic angiography. On cross section, the tumor was well demarcated from the adjacent liver by afibr ouspseudocapsule and showed cystic degener ation. Pathologically, the tumor was consistent with an undifferentiated sarcoma of the liver.

Keyword

Liver; Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Adult*
Angiography
Child
Female
Humans
Korea
Liver*
Mesenchymoma
Sarcoma*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed