Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report

Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone. We present an extremely rare case of primary pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mim...

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Autores principales: Fjaellegaard, Katrine, Petersen, Jesper Koefod, Stamp, Inger Merete, Hoegholm, Asbjorn, Clementsen, Paul Frost, Bodtger, Uffe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101194
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Sumario:Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone. We present an extremely rare case of primary pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema. We conclude, that pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis in patients suspected of empyema.

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