EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA OF THE LIVER - REPORT OF A CASE SUBMITTED TO ORTHOTOPIC LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION

A case of hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma is described in a 42-year-old female who presented with abdominal pain and hepatomegaly . The radiographic finding showed multiple hepatic lesions in both lob es. Diagnosis was based on the liver biopsy. The tumour cells were imm unoreactive with factor Vm related antigen and vimentine. A liver tran splantation was performed. Although at the time of diagnosis there was no clinical evidence of metastasis, the intra-operatorive examination revealed multiple mesenteric and pulmonary neoplastic nodules. The pa tient is alive and well seven months after liver transplantation.