title: Primary pleural intermediate hemangioendothelioma with pleural effusion as the only manifestation.
abstract: Intermediate hemangioendothelioma is a group of rare tumors of vascular origin that show a borderline biological behavior and commonly arise in extremities, trunk, head or neck. Intermediate hemangioendothelioma originating in pleura is extremely rare. Herein we describe a case of primary pleural intermediate hemangioendothelioma in a 48-year-old man presenting with pleural effusion only. The patient was diagnosed by pleura biopsy and immunohistochemistry in our hospital. Even though neither systemic chemotherapy nor surgery was applied, he got relieved gradually and sustained asymptomatic during follow-up for 10 months.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Chengping
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Huaping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), Changsha 410008, China ; 2 Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Pengbo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deng
keywords: Intermediate hemangioendothelioma; immunohistochemistry; pathology; pleural effusion