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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (HEHE): a diagnostic dilemma between haemangioma and angiosarcoma
  1. Belle Vivica van Rosmalen1,
  2. Joanne Verheij2,
  3. Saffire S K S Phoa3,
  4. Thomas Matthijs van Gulik4
  1. 1Department of Experimental Surgery, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  4. 4Department of Surgery, AMC, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Professor Thomas Matthijs van Gulik, t.m.vangulik{at}amc.uva.nl

Summary

We present a case of a 77-year-old male patient with a liver tumour diagnosed as hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (HEHE), a potentially malignant tumour treated with liver resection. The patient is disease-free 3 years after resection. Imaging features using fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography CT and MRI with gadoxic acid as well as histopathological findings are discussed.

  • cancer intervention
  • hepatic cancer
  • gastrointestinal surgery

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220687

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors BVvR: writing, information collection, coordination of the project. JV: histopathological examination, writing. SPSSK: interpretation medical Imaging, writing. TMvG: surgical procedure, writing.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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