title: Malignant thyroid haemangioendothelioma in a non-endemic goitrous region, with immunohistochemical evidence of a vascular origin.
abstract: A case of malignant haemangioendothelioma of the thyroid is presented in a patient resident in a non-endemic goitrous region of England. The tumour's endothelial origin was confirmed by factor VIII-related antigen and Ulex europaeus lectin staining.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Stafford General Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D037102:Lectins / Q000032:analysis; D037121:Plant Lectins; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; C036850:Ulex europaeus lectins; D014841:von Willebrand Factor