PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2015, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 450-453.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2015.05.014

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A case report:Alimentary track hemorrhage caused by mesentery Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and literature review

XU Jun, LUO Tianhang, XUE Xuchao   

  1. Department of General Surgery,Changhai Hospital,The Second Military Medical Universiry,Shanghai 200433,China
  • Received:2015-04-20 Online:2015-10-28 Published:2015-10-30

Abstract: Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma(KHE)is a vascular tumor characterized by intermediate malignancy.Retrospective analysis and literature review on the clinical pathologic,immunohistochemical and clinical data of a patient with mesentery KHE.The cardinal symptom of this patient is alimentary track hemorrhage,imageological diagnosed as a huge soft tissue mass of mesentery and invaded ileum.Clinical feature is without Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon,observing under the light microscope.The tumor is with cavernous vascular structure,and lymphocyte infiltration inside of stroma.The nodules are composed of disposed and lots of short spindle cell tumor;the tumor cells inside of the nodules are vertical and horizontal staggered and form tendon like or fissuring vessels.Immunohistochemistry:CD31(+),CD34(+),D2-40(+),C-Kit(-),SMA(-),Ki-67(1%).

Key words: Mesentery, Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma, Kasabach-merritt phenomenon(KMP)

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