Title |
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma misdiagnosed as a benign nodule
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Published in |
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, March 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12957-015-0518-5 |
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Authors |
Minah Kim, Jinsun Chang, Hayoung Choi, In-Jae Oh, Chul-Kyu Park, Young-Chul Kim, Yoo-Duk Choi, Ju-Sik Yun, Sang-Yun Song, Kook-Joo Na |
Abstract |
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare vascular tumor of borderline malignancy that originates from endothelial cells. Chest computed tomography (CT) performed during a routine cancer screening revealed multiple small pulmonary nodules in a 50-year-old man who had previously undergone endoscopic submucosal dissection of early gastric cancer. To rule out metastatic nodules, a wedge resection of the left upper lobe was performed and the frozen biopsy reported a benign fibrotic nodule. Using immunohistochemistry, the final pathology was indicated to be PEH, and consecutive surgery for the right-side nodules was planned and performed. |
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