title: Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma of the lung: a high malignancy case.
abstract: Pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare lung tumour of vascular origin and low-grade malignancy that affects various organs: liver, central nervous system, lung, etc. A rare malignant case of PEH is described. The cryptic clinical appearance and the nonspecific results of radiography and haematological tests caused great difficulty in arriving at a definite diagnosis. Histological analysis and immunohistochemical detection of CD31+ (a membrane receptor and a sensitive and specific marker for vascular lesions), on open lung biopsy, enabled the correct diagnosis to be made.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Chest diseases, II University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paciocco
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Caterino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Auria
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000032:analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1