Published June 2011
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Journal article
Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma disseminated: case report
Creators
- 1. Ministerio de Salud Publica, Hospital Maciel, Montevideo (Uruguay)
Description
Epithelioid hemangiothelioma must be considered in the differential diagnosis for hepatic tumors patients, and the best treatment is the surgery. This work is about the case of a young woman who consulted for pain in the right hypochondrium. She presented tumoral hepatomegaly and splenomegaly that were imagenologically confirmed, and costal and vertebral lytic lesion. Hepatic biopsy shows high-grade epitheloid hemangiothelioma.
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Spanish)
- Hemangioendotelioma epitelioide hepatico diseminado: a proposito de un caso
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Revista Medica del Uruguay (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 27
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 94-97
- ISSN
- 1688-0390
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Uruguay
- Country of Input or Organization
- Uruguay
- INIS RN
- 44122317
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENTS; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGERY; WOMEN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; FEMALES; GLANDS; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PRIMATES; SYMPTOMS; VERTEBRATES