A Case of Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Resected by Laparoscopic Hepatectomy

Abstract

The patient was a 37-year-old woman who was found to have a 42-mm mass in the liver S6 in a CT scan for preoperative scrutiny of breast cancer. Although there was a possibility of liver metastasis from breast cancer, it was difficult to make a definitive diagnosis by imaging tests, so a percutaneous transhepatic tumor biopsy was performed. As a result of the biopsy, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) was suspected, and a laparoscopic partial hepatic S6 resection was performed after breast cancer surgery. No postoperative complications occurred, and the patient was discharged on 9th postoperative day. Follow-up studies conducted so far revealed no recurrence of EHE. Since this is a rare case of laparoscopic resection of hepatic EHE, we report this case with some literature discussion.