# Splenic angiosarcoma with hepatic and cardiac metastases: a case report and literature review

**Authors:** Fangzheng Chen, Ding Zhao, Haotian Yu, Shuai Wang, Yahao Wang, Haitao Lv

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1682054 · Frontiers in Oncology · 2025-10-24

## TL;DR

This case report describes a rare spleen cancer that spread to the liver and heart, diagnosed through surgery and imaging, and treated with immunotherapy.

## Contribution

The case highlights early metastasis of splenic angiosarcoma and the potential benefit of postoperative targeted immunotherapy.

## Key findings

- Splenic angiosarcoma can metastasize early to the liver and heart.
- Combining pathology and imaging improves diagnostic accuracy for SA.
- Targeted immunotherapy may improve outcomes after surgery.

## Abstract

Splenic angiosarcoma (SA) is an rare malignant tumor in clinical practice, characterized by high malignancy, atypical early symptoms, and a dismal prognosis. In recent years, growing attention has been focused on its diagnosis and treatment. This report describes a patient who was admitted to the hospital due to left upper abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT indicated unevenly enhanced tumors in the spleen, liver, and right atrium. The patient was treated with laparoscopic splenectomy + partial hepatectomy and was diagnosed based on postoperative pathology and immunohistochemistry (positive for CD31 and CD34). After the operation, anlotinib + toripalimab targeted immunotherapy was used, and the patient recovered well. This case suggests that SA is prone to metastasis in the early stage. Clinically, the diagnosis of SA requires a combination of pathological diagnosis and imaging diagnosis, and postoperative targeted immunotherapy may improve the prognosis.

## Linked entities

- **Chemicals:** anlotinib (PubChem CID 25017411)
- **Diseases:** splenic angiosarcoma (MONDO:0002376)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** PECAM1 (platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1) [NCBI Gene 5175] {aka CD31, CD31/EndoCAM, GPIIA', PECA1, PECAM-1, endoCAM}, CD34 (CD34 molecule) [NCBI Gene 947]
- **Diseases:** SA (MESH:D006394), abdominal pain (MESH:D015746), malignancy (MESH:D009369), metastases (MESH:D009362), hepatic and cardiac (MESH:D066126)
- **Chemicals:** anlotinib (MESH:C000625192), toripalimab (MESH:C000656314)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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