Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 466-475 , October 2007

Vascular and rare liver tumors: A good indication for liver transplantation?

  • Jan P. Lerut

      Affiliations

    • Abdominal Transplant Unit, Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospitals St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Markus Weber

      Affiliations

    • Swiss HPB (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary) Center, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zürich, Rämistr. 100, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
  • ,
  • Giuseppe Orlando

      Affiliations

    • Abdominal Transplant Unit, Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospitals St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
  • ,
  • Philipp Dutkowski

      Affiliations

    • Swiss HPB (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary) Center, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zürich, Rämistr. 100, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

  • Image Result

    (a) Intraoperative view of 7.6kg heavy HEHE responsible for IVC-syndrome and supine dyspnoea. (b) Characteristic macroscopy of the HEHE hepatectomy specimen showing multiple fibrous masses with zoning

    (a) Intraoperative view of 7.6kg heavy HEHE responsible for IVC-syndrome and supine dyspnoea. (b) Characteristic macroscopy of the HEHE hepatectomy specimen showing multiple fibrous masses with zoning phenomenon.

  • Image Result
    CT-scan of HEHE showing the initial peripheral nodular and the later confluent patterns of the disease.

    CT-scan of HEHE showing the initial peripheral nodular and the later confluent patterns of the disease.

  • Image Result
    (a) Characteristic macroscopy of the HAS hepatectomy specimen showing a diffuse spongy tumoral mass. (b) The corresponding CT-scan of HAS showing an infiltrating tumor mass.

    (a) Characteristic macroscopy of the HAS hepatectomy specimen showing a diffuse spongy tumoral mass. (b) The corresponding CT-scan of HAS showing an infiltrating tumor mass.

 The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(07)00400-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.07.005

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 466-475 , October 2007