Chennai: Hepatic Epitheloid Hemangio Endothelioma [HEHE], is a rare tumour that occurs in the soft tissues or blood vessels in the lung, liver or bone. Such tumors require timely diagnosis and treatment.
Doctors at Kauvery Hospitals claimed to have treated a 25-year-old woman with a rare liver tumour.
The team performed a successful living donor liver transplant and she was discharged after a short hospital stay and good recovery, they said.
Dr K Elankumaran, head of liver diseases transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery said, “the 25-year-old patient from Coimbatore, presented with symptoms of upper abdominal pain and significant loss of weight. Upon abdominal scan and investigations, we found the presence of an unusual kind of liver cancer (HEHE). We recommended a liver transplantation to be done, inorder to replace the cancerous organ with a healthier one.”