Primary scalp angiosarcoma with metastasis to the liver in an orthotopic liver transplant patient.

作者信息

Blackmon Joseph, Rajpara Anand, Patel Vikas, Gilroy Richard, Aires Daniel, Fraga Garth

机构信息

Kansas Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Kansas City, Kansas; the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri; the University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Hepatology; and the University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

出版信息

Exp Clin Transplant. 2014 Jun;12(3):269-72. doi: 10.6002/ect.2013.0042. Epub 2014 Jan 10.

DOI:10.6002/ect.2013.0042

PMID:24410461

Abstract

Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of vascular endothelial cells. A majority are primarily in the skin. Angiosarcoma of the head and neck is the most common form, but only constitutes 0.1% of all head and neck malignancies. We present an extraordinary case of a 71-year-old man 6 months status postorthotopic liver transplant secondary to end-stage liver disease from cryptogenic cirrhosis, who presented to the liver clinic with a rapidly growing scalp tumor and hypodense lesions within the liver. Further work-up and biopsies confirmed the first documented case of primary scalp angiosarcoma with metastasis to the liver in an orthotopic liver transplant patient.

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