Is primary hepatic angiosarcoma in children an indication for liver transplantation?-A single-centre experience and review of the literature

Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Dec;25(8):e14095. doi: 10.1111/petr.14095. Epub 2021 Jul 20.

Abstract

PHA in the paediatric population is an extremely rare and aggressive malignant soft tissue neoplasm, with less than 50 cases published worldwide. The prognosis is dismal. If the tumour is unresectable, one treatment option is LT. In this article, the current available literature is reviewed and additionally, three cases of paediatric patients with PHA who underwent LT at Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden, are presented. Based on the literature and our own experience, there is undoubtedly possible good outcome of LT due to PHA. On the contrary, no patients have survived PHA without LT. PHA in paediatric patients should be recommended to LT in selected patients. Effect of modern adjuvant chemo and RT should be evaluated further based on international registry for such rare cases of PHA.

Keywords: chemotherapy; liver transplantation; primary hepatic angiosarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Hemangiosarcoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation*