Alveolar hemorrhage with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. A previously unreported manifestation of a rare tumor.
Epithelial hemangioendothelioma (EH), originally termed intravascular sclerosing bronchioloalveolar tumor (IVBAT), is a rare pulmonary vascular neoplasm usually associated with an indolent but slowly progressive clinical course. We describe a patient with EH who presented with alveolar hemorrhage and died within 8 wk. This report extends the clinical spectrum of epithelial hemangioendothelioma to include this aggressive form. EH should be considered in the differential diagnosis of alveolar hemorrhage syndrome.
Carter
E J
EJ
Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket 02860.
Bradburne
R M
RM
Jhung
J W
JW
Ettensohn
D B
DB
D000368:Aged; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography