[Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. a case report and review of the literature].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical features of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.


METHODS
With a case report and review of the related literatures, the etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, management and prognosis of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma were described.


RESULTS
The etiology of this rare disease remains unknown. Symptoms are scanty and usually mild; chest radiograph or computed tomography usually reveals multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules. Primitive lumen formed by a single cell is the pathologic feature. Immunohistochemical stains show that the malignant cells are of the endothelial type. There is no effective treatment for this disease and its prognosis is unpredictable.


CONCLUSIONS
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is rare and often misdiagnosed as other pulmonary diseases.
Guo
Zhi-fu
ZF
Department of Respiratory Diseases, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Yao
Xiao-peng
XP
Li
Qiang
Q
Bai
Chong
C
Liu
Zhong-ling
ZL
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male