Alveolar haemorrhage revealing epithelioid haemangioendothelioma.
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.
Briens
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E
Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital de Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Rennes, France.
Caulet-Maugendre
S
S
Desrues
B
B
Quinquenel
M L
ML
Lena
H
H
Turlin
B
B
Delaval
P
P
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