Clinicopathological features and therapy of undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of liver / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinicopathological features of undifferentiated embryo-nal sarcoma of the liver (UESL). Methods The clinical data of 9 UESL cases treated in our hospital between 1996 and 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. Results The patients were children and young adults. Clinical presentation was typically an abdominal mass that may be accompanied by pain and fe-ver. Tumors were all removed surgically in the 9 patients. Conclusion UESL is an unusual malignan-cy of the liver. Discrepancy of internal architecture between US and CT is one of the important charac-teristic of UESL. Whenever feasible, surgical resection should be attempted as a part of combination modalities. Modern rnultimodal treatment and supportive therapy might promote the survival rate.