Metastatic Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A case report and review of the literature

Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma is a rare and low grade tumor of endothelial origin found in the lungs. At onset patients are usually asymptomatic or present with non-specific symptoms. Chest imaging shows the presence of multiple, bilateral small nodules and diagnosis usually requires a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mehta, Sidharth Rishi, Das, Arvind, Barnard, Nicola, Marcus, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2012.09.003
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Sumario:Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma is a rare and low grade tumor of endothelial origin found in the lungs. At onset patients are usually asymptomatic or present with non-specific symptoms. Chest imaging shows the presence of multiple, bilateral small nodules and diagnosis usually requires a lung biopsy. At this time there is no standardized treatment regimen and the prognosis is variable.

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