Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma:a case report and review of the literature
- VernacularTitle:肺上皮样血管内皮细胞瘤1例并文献复习
- Author:
Yinyin QIN
;
Hua WU
;
Rongchang CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hemangioendothelioma;
Epithelioid;
Lung neoplasms
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2006;0(13):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To describe the clinical features of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and heighten the ratio of diagnosis.Methods With a case report and review of the related literature,the etiology,clinical manifestations,pathology diagnosis,differential diagnosis,management and prognosis of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma were described.Results The etiology of this rare disease remained unknown.Symptoms were scanty and usually mild.Chest radiograph or computed tomography usually revealed multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules.Primitive lumen formed by a single cell was the pathologic feature.Immunohistochemical stains showed that the malignant cells are of the endothelial type.There was no effective treatment for this disease and its prognosis was unpredictable.Conclusion Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is rare and often misdiagnosed as other pulmonary diseases.
