Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Association with Subcutaneous Metastasis: Surgical experience of one case.
- Author:
Hae Young LEE
1
;
Sung Rae CHO
;
Sung Ho CHO
;
Jung Hun BYUN
;
Jong In KIM
;
Jin Kyung PARK
;
Bong Kwuen CHUN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine, Korea. srcho@ns.kosinmed.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemangioendothelioma;
Lung, neoplasms;
Neoplasm metastasis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diaphragm;
Endothelial Cells;
Hemangioendothelioma;
Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid*;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Recurrence
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2004;37(12):1025-1028
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HE) is a very rare malignant tumor that is pathologically benign tumor originating from endothelial cell but clinically presents metastasis and recurrence. A 29-year-old asymptomatic man, preoperatively diagnosed as lung cancer in the left lower lung, underwent a lobectomy, a wedge lung resection of left upper lung, and partial resection of diaphragm. Left lower lobar lesion was confirmed as pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, but the lesions of the left upper lung and diaphragm were remained calcified by spontaneous regression of HE. We report a case of subcutaneous metastasis that occurred two times at 10 months and 19 months after previous surgical treatment of pulmonary EH.
