Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver: report of a case with multimodal treatment

Abstract

The authors describe a case of a multicentric epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) of the liver, a rare hepatic tumor in a patient with nonspecific clinical manifestations, treated initially with resection and ethanol injection. At recurrence, the patient was submitted to radioablation. According to a review of the literature, the treatment of choice is still resection, with or without ablative methods. Liver transplantation appears to be a reasonable therapeutic approach for hepatic EHE when the tumor requires total hepatectomy.