title: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the phalanx: a case report.
abstract: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EH) of a hand bone is extremely rare. We describe a patient with a phalangeal EH. This was treated by resection of the entire middle phalanx with no recurrence within a 10-year postsurgical follow-up period. We recommend wide resection as the safest treatment for EH of the hand phalanx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Second Department of Pathology, Tamanagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. kitayasu@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Hiromoto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iketani
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirukawa
authors.forename: Munehiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003475:Curettage; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2 / Q000032:analysis; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D042787:Receptor, TIE-2; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2