title: [Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the pleura - A rare presentation of a clinical case].
abstract: Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a vascular tumour with rare pleural presentation. As there are a small number of cases described in the literature the authors present the case of a 65 -year -old woman, who was admitted to the Emergency Department for a right -sided chest pain, which progressed over 7 months, after a thoracic trauma. The chest X -ray showed signs of a moderate right -sided pleural effusion. A pleural -pulmonary biopsy carried out by toracotomy established the histological diagnosis of EHE of the pleura. Due to the locally advanced stage of the tumour, chemotherapy with carboplatin and etoposide was prescribed and the patient died 6 months later. This case confirms that pleural EHE has an aggressive behaviour, similar to an angiossarcoma, with a median survival of only a few months after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências Pneumológicas e Alergológicas dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra. Soniakaty@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sónia Traqueia
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: Benedita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pêgo
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: A Segorbe
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Luís
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*