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A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare low-grade vascular neoplasm that is characterized as intermediate between benign hemangioma and high-grade angiosarcoma affecting 1 in 1,000,000 people worldwide. It has been described throughout the body with lung, liver, skin, and bone being the mos...

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Autores principales: Patel, Eshan, Kancharla, P., Surapaneni, B.K., Hennrick, K., Goldfinger, M., Kalavar, M.
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Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000491529
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author Patel, Eshan
Kancharla, P.
Surapaneni, B.K.
Hennrick, K.
Goldfinger, M.
Kalavar, M.
author_facet Patel, Eshan
Kancharla, P.
Surapaneni, B.K.
Hennrick, K.
Goldfinger, M.
Kalavar, M.
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description Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare low-grade vascular neoplasm that is characterized as intermediate between benign hemangioma and high-grade angiosarcoma affecting 1 in 1,000,000 people worldwide. It has been described throughout the body with lung, liver, skin, and bone being the most frequent sites. Primary EHE of the spine has been reported in 56 cases so far with no correlation of age and sex. Our case highlights a rare clinical presentation, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of EHE of the spine with metastasis to the right atrium. This is the first documented case of EHE of the spine with metastatic spread to the heart treated with bevacizumab leading to resolution of the heart metastatic mass. Further studies are warranted to develop a treatment formula for this rare tumor, to consider combination chemotherapy and new adjuvant targeted immunotherapies to prevent progression of disease.
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spelling pubmed-61204142018-09-05 A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine Patel, Eshan Kancharla, P. Surapaneni, B.K. Hennrick, K. Goldfinger, M. Kalavar, M. Case Rep Oncol Case Report Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare low-grade vascular neoplasm that is characterized as intermediate between benign hemangioma and high-grade angiosarcoma affecting 1 in 1,000,000 people worldwide. It has been described throughout the body with lung, liver, skin, and bone being the most frequent sites. Primary EHE of the spine has been reported in 56 cases so far with no correlation of age and sex. Our case highlights a rare clinical presentation, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of EHE of the spine with metastasis to the right atrium. This is the first documented case of EHE of the spine with metastatic spread to the heart treated with bevacizumab leading to resolution of the heart metastatic mass. Further studies are warranted to develop a treatment formula for this rare tumor, to consider combination chemotherapy and new adjuvant targeted immunotherapies to prevent progression of disease. S. Karger AG 2018-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6120414/ /pubmed/30186136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000491529 Text en Copyright © 2018 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Patel, Eshan
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Surapaneni, B.K.
Hennrick, K.
Goldfinger, M.
Kalavar, M.
A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine
title A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine
title_full A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine
title_fullStr A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine
title_short A Case of Vanishing Metastatic Mass: Right Atrial Mass in the Setting of Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Spine
title_sort case of vanishing metastatic mass: right atrial mass in the setting of primary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the spine
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000491529
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