Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma.
10.3349/ymj.2008.49.6.1036
- Author:
Young Joo LEE
1
;
Moon Jae CHUNG
;
Ki Cheon JEONG
;
Chang Hoon HAHN
;
Ki Pyo HONG
;
Yee Jeong KIM
;
Yong Tai KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ytkim@nhimc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Pleura;
epithelioid hemangioendothelioma;
immunohistochemistry
- MeSH:
Adult;
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Factor VIII/metabolism;
Female;
Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid/*diagnosis/drug therapy/metabolism;
Humans;
Immunohistochemistry;
Keratins/metabolism;
Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis;
Pleural Neoplasms/*diagnosis/drug therapy/metabolism;
Vimentin/metabolism
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2008;49(6):1036-1040
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare tumor of vascular origin. While it can be found in any tissue, it is most often found in lung and liver and usually has an intermediate behavior. EHEs originating from pleural tissue have been less frequently described than those from other sites. Furthermore, to date, all of the cited pleural EHEs were described as highly aggressive. In the present report, we describe a rare case of pleural EHE extending to lung and bone in a 31-year-old woman. The histological diagnosis was confirmed by both conventional examination and immunohistochemistry. Her disease stabilized during the 4th course of adriamycin (45mg/m2, day 1-3), dacarbazine (300mg/m2, day 1-3) and ifosfamide (2,500mg/m2, day 1-3) with mesna, and she survived for 10 months after the diagnosis.
