Prolonged Hemoptysis Caused by Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma; a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Iran J Med Sci

Publisher Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2014 Apr 23

PMID 24753647

Citations 5

Authors

Bita Geramizadeh

Bejan Ziyaian

Mehdi Dehghani

Kamran Tahmasebi

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Abstract

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a vascular tumor with an intermediate malignant potential. This tumor is very rare in the lung parenchyma, and most of the previously reported cases have been asymptomatic. There is no standard therapy for this tumor and prognosis in the previous reports has been variable. Herein we report our experience with a 60-year-old woman presenting with hemoptysis and multiple lung consolidation, leading to a diagnosis of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma after surgical resection and pathological examination. After surgery and chemotherapy, the patient had an acceptable course.

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