Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the anterior mediastinum with osteoclast-like giant cells. Light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic study.
A case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the anterior mediastinum in a 40-year-old woman is presented. It showed typical features described in such tumors, but in addition there were foci of osteoclast-like giant cells that were not previously reported in this lesion.
Lamovec
J
J
Department of Pathology, University Clinical Center, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
Sobel
H J
HJ
Zidar
A
A
Jerman
J
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure