[Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma].
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a multifocal tumor that rarely metastasizes. It is difficult to diagnose and is most often an incidental finding in young asymptomatic women. It has a heterogeneous radiologic pattern. The most important diagnostic information is histologic confirmation of Weibel-Palade bodies or immunohistochemistry based on specific tumor markers such as factor VIII and CD34. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman in whom multiple pulmonary nodules detected by chance in a radiograph were subsequently diagnosed as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
Azcárate Perea
Leire
L
Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, España. leiazpe@hotmail.com
Oliveros Acebes
Eduardo
E
Moreno Mata
Nicolás
N
Salomón Pérez
Roberto
R
Vilalta Castel
Encarnación
E
González Aragoneses
Federico
F
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D020302:Weibel-Palade Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure