Open AccessAN AUTOPSY CASE OF MALIGNANT HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA OF THE LIVER
Author(s) -
Tanimuba Akira,
Tanaka Tatsuo,
Yamamoto Hideo,
Nakashima Teruyuki,
Hamada Masayuki,
Tsuzi Yoshihiko,
Kaku Hiroshi
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1974.tb00812.x
Subject(s) - pathology , hemangioendothelioma , stain , autopsy , lumen (anatomy) , vascular tumor , medicine , endothelium , staining
Primary malignant hemangioendothelioma of the liver of a 21‐year‐old male, was reported. Microscopically the formation of vascular lumen was indistinct. From the findings of silver impregnation stain which showed delicate reticulum fibers intimately encircling the tumor cells, it was suggested that the tumor cells had the nature of the endothelium. A review of the literatures was made on intraabdominal malignant hemangioendotheliomas from 1960 to 1971 in Japan which showed the liver to be the most frequently involved.