Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report

Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignancy of vascular origin. It can affect various organs; pleural involvement is rare and lack of suspicion leads to delay in diagnosis. We present a case of pleural EHE with metastasis to lung parenchyma that presents with chest pain and d...

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Autores principales: Pathak, Vikas, Walker, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Pulmonology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37539424
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41308
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description Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignancy of vascular origin. It can affect various organs; pleural involvement is rare and lack of suspicion leads to delay in diagnosis. We present a case of pleural EHE with metastasis to lung parenchyma that presents with chest pain and dyspnea. Chest imaging showed loculated pleural effusion, pleural thickening, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and pulmonary nodules.
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spelling pubmed-103952562023-08-03 Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report Pathak, Vikas Walker, Christopher Cureus Pulmonology Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignancy of vascular origin. It can affect various organs; pleural involvement is rare and lack of suspicion leads to delay in diagnosis. We present a case of pleural EHE with metastasis to lung parenchyma that presents with chest pain and dyspnea. Chest imaging showed loculated pleural effusion, pleural thickening, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and pulmonary nodules. Cureus 2023-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10395256/ /pubmed/37539424 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41308 Text en Copyright © 2023, Pathak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pathak, Vikas
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Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report
title Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report
title_full Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report
title_fullStr Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report
title_short Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE): A Case Report
title_sort pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (ehe): a case report
topic Pulmonology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37539424
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