title: Epithelioid hemangioma involving three contiguous bones: a case report with a review of the literature.
abstract: An epithelioid hemangioma involving three contiguous bones in continuity has, to the best of our knowledge, not been reported in the literature. A case of a 48-year-old man presented with radiating pain to the lower thoracic region for two years. A radiograph and CT scan revealed both permeative osteolytic and multiple trabeculated lesions involving the left posterior part of the 10th rib as well as the 9th and 10th vertebral bodies in continuity and was misled as a malignant or infectious lesion. The histopathology and immuno-histochemistry of the lesion confirmed the diagnosis of an epithelioid hemangioma. The lesion was still stable as of three years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Research Center & Department of Pathology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. vorachai7@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vorachai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sirikulchayanonta
authors.forename: Arthit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jinawath
authors.forename: Suphaneewan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaovisidha
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed