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KMID : 0359920080270020264
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Korean Journal of Nephrology
2008 Volume.27 No. 2 p.264 ~ p.269
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A Case of Primary Hepatic Angiosarcoma after Renal Transplantation
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Hong Jun-Shik
Park Jae-Chan
Eom Young-Sil
Kim Min-Jung
Park Sang-Hee
Chung Woo-Kyung
Park Yeon-Ho
Yang Jae-Seok
Lee Hyun-Hee
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Abstract
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Malignancy is one of the important complications after renal transplantation, and decreases both patient survival and graft survival. Hepatic angiosarcoma is the most common sarcoma in liver, but a rare malignant tumor which occupies about 2% of all hepatic malignancies. We report a case of primary hepatic angiosarcoma after renal transplantation, the first case of post-transplantation angiosarcoma in Korea. A 27-year old man had received a living related renal transplantation. He was admitted due to clinical manifestations of liver cirrhosis such as ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and varix bleeding at 8 months after transplantation. Whole liver was infiltrated with angiosarcoma; therefore, he was managed only by supportive care. Considering the poor prognosis of hepatic angiosarcoma, both careful screening of malignancy before transplantation and periodic surveillance of malignancy after transplantation are essential.
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KEYWORD
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Hemangiosarcoma, Kidney transplantation, Neoplasms
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