Recurrence of pulmonary intravascular bronchoalveolar tumor with mediastinal metastasis 20 years later.
Pulmonary intravascular bronchoalveolar tumor (IVBAT) also recognized as pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, is a rare malignant vascular tumor of unknown etiology. IVBAT is a tumor of multicentric origin and the lungs are rarely involved, with only about 60 cases of pulmonary IVBAT described in the literature. The prognosis is unpredictable, with life expectancy ranging from 1 to 15 years. We report an unusual case of pulmonary IVBAT that recurred in the lung with metastasis to the mediastinum.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3143, Stanford, CA 94305-5236, USA.
Tze-Ming
TM
Chen
Jessica
J
Donington
Gordon
G
Mak
Gerald J
GJ
Berry
Stephen J
SJ
Ruoss
Glenn D
GD
Rosen
Daya
D
Upadhyay
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed