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creator
Mitsui, Fukiko
Hashimoto, Yoshimasa
Katamura, Yoshio
Takaki, Shintaro
Waki, Koji
Takahashi, Shoichi
subject
Hepatic angiosarcoma
Recombinant interleukin-2
Hepatic arterial infusion therapy
NDC
Medical sciences
abstract
A 60 year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of management of multiple liver tumors. According to image findings and liver biopsy, she was diagnosed as having epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver accompanied by metastases in the spleen, lungs and bones. Based on the spread of the liver tumors and the extensive systemic metastases, she was considered inoperable. Instead, she received hepatic arterial infusion therapy using recombinant interleukin-2. However, she died due to liver failure about two months after admission. Autopsy revealed that the liver tumor was angiosarcoma. It is difficult to differentiate angiosarcoma from epithelioid hemangioendothelioma based on the image findings and pathological findings of percutaneous liver biopsy. Many cases are diagnosed as angiosarcoma at autopsy. There is no established effective treatment for hepatic angiosarcoma, because the tumor stage at the time of diagnosis is often progressive. To date, immunotherapy with recombinant interleukin-2 has been reported to be effective clinically for cutaneous angiosarcoma, such as of the scalp and facial skin. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of hepatic angiosarcoma treated with recombinant interleukin-2. Our case is important should recombinant interleukin-2 be considered effective for hepatic angiosarcoma in the future.
journal title
Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences
volume
Volume 60
issue
Issue 4
start page
91
end page
96
date of issued
2011-12
publisher
Hiroshima University Medical Press
issn
0018-2052
ncid
language
eng
nii type
Departmental Bulletin Paper
HU type
Departmental Bulletin Papers
DCMI type
text
format
application/pdf
text version
publisher
rights
(c) Hiroshima University Medical Press.
department
Graduate School of Biomedical Science
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