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Rev Cubana Pediatr 2016; 88 (1)
Pulmonary epitheloid hemangioendothelioma
Pelegrino VL, Brandalise P
Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 99-103
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ABSTRACT
Epitheloid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular tumor of low level of malignancy
that emerges in the endothelial cells and may develop in any other tissue. It is
generally secondary tumor in the lung but it may also appear as primary one, being
very unusual. Generally speaking, it appears in the form of multiple bilateral nodules
in young women. It rarely develops as a single pulmonary nodule. The single
unilateral nodules may be surgically removed. This is the case of a 11-years old girl
who was hospitalized with a diagnostic suspicion of lobular pneumonia, but her
unfavorable progression required biopsy of the lesion with resulting epitheloid hemangioendothelioma. The diagnosis and the treatment for this pathological entity
were also discussed.
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