We present a case of hepatic angiosarcoma that presented with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy to highlight the difficulty in diagnosing this disease due its aggressive clinical course, the overlapping features of various coagulopathies, and the nonspecific appearance of angiosarcomas on imaging.
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