[Long term follow-up of a case of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma].
A 54-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for bilateral multiple nodular shadows on a medical checkup chest X-ray film. Computed tomography also showed multiple small nodules in bilateral lung fields. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy was performed. The tumor cells showed immunohistochemically positive staining for factor VIII-related antigen, CD 34, and vimentin. The tumor therefore was diagnosed as pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. The patient had been followed without any treatment, and died 12-years and 4 months after the diagnosis.
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Department of Chest Surgery, Meitestu Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000032:analysis
D018952:Antigens, CD34; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D014746:Vimentin; D014841:von Willebrand Factor