[Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma]

Arch Bronconeumol. 2009 Sep;45(9):466-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2009.01.005. Epub 2009 Apr 29.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a multifocal tumor that rarely metastasizes. It is difficult to diagnose and is most often an incidental finding in young asymptomatic women. It has a heterogeneous radiologic pattern. The most important diagnostic information is histologic confirmation of Weibel-Palade bodies or immunohistochemistry based on specific tumor markers such as factor VIII and CD34. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman in whom multiple pulmonary nodules detected by chance in a radiograph were subsequently diagnosed as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / complications
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / pathology
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Preoperative Care
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uterine Prolapse / complications
  • Uterine Prolapse / surgery
  • Weibel-Palade Bodies / ultrastructure