Hepatocarcinoma with sarcomatoid transformation. Case report Hepatocarcinoma con componente sarcomatoide. Caso clínico

Losada M H.; Burgos SJ L.; Silva A J.; Garcia M.-D.; Roa, J.C; Araya J.C.

Keywords: x-ray, tomography, cell, liver, carcinoma, tumor, humans, human, male, hepatectomy, biopsy, resection, neoplasms, adult, transformation, computer, pathology, article, drainage, hepatocellular, abscess, wound, assisted, case, report, Carcinoma,, Tomography,, Computed, Transformation,, Neoplastic

Abstract

Hepatocarcinoma with sarcomatoid transformation is uncommon. It presents clinically with leucocytosis and fever, resembling a liver abscess. We report a 40 year-old male that presented pain in the right upper quadrant and fever. Abdominal imaging showed an hypodense image in the liver that resembled a liver abscess. The patient was subjected to a percutaneous drainage obtaining 150 ml of an hemorrhagic fluid whose culture was negative. The clinical picture persisted and the patient was subjected to a right hepatectomy. The pathological study of the surgical piece disclosed a hepatocarcinoma with sarcomatoid transformation. The patient was discharged sixteen days after surgery.

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Título de la Revista: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
Volumen: 135
Número: 6
Editorial: Sociedad Médica de Santiago
Fecha de publicación: 2007
Página de inicio: 768
Página final: 772
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