title: Surgical resection of a primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in bilateral lungs.
abstract: Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare pulmonary neoplasm that was initially described in 1975 as an intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor. This report presents the case of a patient with multifocal primary pulmonary PEH (11 tumors) in the bilateral lungs. All of the tumors detected in the preoperative computed tomography scan were surgically resected. The patient has been doing well for 9 years after surgery. No tumor recurred for 8 years after surgery until a single recurrent nodule appeared and was thoracoscopically resected.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1-Banchi, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8524, Japan. evergreen_field_1633@matsuyama.jrc.or.jp
authors: Hiromitsu
authors: H
authors: Baba
authors: Makiko
authors: M
authors: Tomiyasu
authors: Hideki
authors: H
authors: Makino
authors: Akihiko
authors: A
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Hideki
authors: H
authors: Yokoyama
authors: Yumi
authors: Y
authors: Oshiro
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome