Case Report: Successful palliative treatment with intraperitoneal OK-432 injection for epithelioid haemangioendothelioma presenting with intractable ascites

Shu Chen Wei, Pei Ming Yang, Chien Hung Chen, Jan-Show Chu, Ding Shinn Chen

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摘要

Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma is an unusual type of endothelium-derived vascular tumour of borderline malignancy, which has high variability in clinical presentations, depending on the primary site of involvement. We report on a 20-year-old woman who presented with progressive abdominal fullness for 6 months. Multiple lung and liver nodules with pleural effusion and profuse ascites were found. The diagnosis of epithelioid haemangioendothelioma was made after wedge biopsy of the liver. The ascites was intractable and refractory to strong diuretic therapy and repeated paracentesis. Therefore, six courses of intraperitoneal injection of OK-432 were administered. The ascites subsided to a minimal amount after treatment and the patient remained symptom-free for approximately 8 months. The ascites recurred later and another three courses of intraperitoneal injection of OK-432 were administered. The ascites disappeared again. The patient has remained symptom-free since the end of the second period of treatment.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)39-43
頁數5
期刊Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)
12
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 1997
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 消化內科
  • 肝病

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