Korean J Gastroenterol.  2001 Dec;38(6):433-435.

A Case of Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

• Park SO
• Ko H
• Kim SH
• Park BK
• Kim SY
• You CH
• Kim YS

Abstract

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is a rare vascular tumor of the liver. HEH is endothelial origin, and has a intermediate clinical course between benign hemangioma and an angiosarcoma of the liver. It usually appears as multiple hypoechoic nodules on US scan and hypodense on CT scan. Definite diagnosis is made by histopathology of specimens obtained from the tissue biopsy. We present a case of HEH which presented with multiple nodules within the liver on CT scan. The diagnosis was made by laparoscopic liver biopsy.

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Diagnosis
Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid*
Hemangioma
Hemangiosarcoma
Liver
Tomography, X-Ray Computed