Open AccessHepatic and Adrenal Hemangioendothelioma-A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sulata M Kamath,
Harohalli K. Nagaraj,
Vijaya V Mysorekar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/6808.3620
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , medicine , hemangioendothelioma , malignancy , pathology , immunohistochemistry , metastatic carcinoma , hemangiosarcoma , carcinoma
Haemangioendothelioma (HE) liver is a mesenchymal vascular tumour, intermediate between a haemangioma and an angiosarcoma. It has a variable clinical course, is a low grade malignancy and is associated with long-term survival. It has a characteristic histologic appearance. Immunohistochemical studies have shown that the neoplastic cells in HE are of endothelial derivation. These are essential to distinguish HE from metastatic carcinoma and primary epithelial liver tumour. We report a case of a 36-year-old male with HE of the liver with adrenal involvement, probably metastatic, with tuberculosis as an incidental finding. To our knowledge this is the first such case reported in literature. The confirmation of diagnosis was done by immunohistochemical study.