title: Alveolar haemorrhage revealing epithelioid haemangioendothelioma.
abstract: Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma of the pulmonary vessels is a rare neoplasm which usually has a minimal clinical expression. The present case report describes an exceptional case with severe inaugural alveolar haemorrhage which led to death by acute respiratory failure within a few weeks.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital de Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Rennes, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Briens
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caulet-Maugendre
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Desrues
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Quinquenel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lena
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turlin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delaval
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology