宁周雨, 陈其文, 朱晓燕. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: imaging features and experience in clinical diagnosis and treatment[J]. China Oncology, 2016, 26(12): 1004-1010.
宁周雨, 陈其文, 朱晓燕. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: imaging features and experience in clinical diagnosis and treatment[J]. China Oncology, 2016, 26(12): 1004-1010. DOI: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2016.12.007.
Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: imaging features and experience in clinical diagnosis and treatment
Background and purpose: Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE) is an extremely rare
vascularly original tumor
and would be misdiagnosed easily in the clinical and imaging characteristics. This study aimed to investigate the imaging features of HEHE and our experience in clinical diagnosis and treatment
and to provide important reference for the diagnosis and treatment of HEHE in the future. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed clinical manifestations
imaging features
pathological characteristics and treatment effects of 5 HEHE cases confirmed by pathology at Department of Integrative Cancer
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center. Results: The ratio of male to female patients was 2 to 3. HEHE predominantly occurred in middle-aged female patients whose ages range from 26 to 65 (mean=45.6). Imaging features of HEHE included multifocal hepatic disease (n=2)
systemic multi-center multi-tissue occurrence (n=3). The ultrasound images showed isoechoic or hypoechoic lesions with no obvious blood flow signal in the lesions. CT plain scan showed isointensity or hypointensity
while MR unenhanced with hypointense T1 signal and hyperintense T2 signal. The density or signal was uneven. Contrast-enhanced CT and MR images showed “slow in slow out”
obvious and variable degrees of peripheral rim enhancement. High FDG uptake showed delayed imaging characteristics (PET/CT). DSA angiography showed the tumor blood vessels were slim. After transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) surgery
lipiodol deposition within the lesion was not ideal. Under the microscope
tumor cells showed epithelial differentiation; angiogenesis was also visible. Immunohistochemistry staining showed CD31 and CD34 positive in all the 5 cases. Two cases treated with TACE combined with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and/or radiofrequency ablation (RFA) had good result. Conclusion: The clinical and radiological characteristics of HEHE are distinctive. Currently
for patients with systemic multi-organizational multi-center lesions
TACE combined with HIFU and/or RFA might be the most effective treatment method.
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