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Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Mimicking Hamartoma - A case report-  

백종현 (영남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
이장훈 (영남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
신경철 (영남대학교 의과대학 호흡기내과학교실)
이상진 (영남대학교 의과대학 호흡기내과학교실)
김미진 (영남대학교 의과대학 병리학교실)
이정철 (영남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.37, no.11, 2004 , pp. 937-941 More about this Journal
Abstract
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, originating from the vascular endothelium, is a very rare and low-grade malignancy. World-wide, about 50 cases of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma have been reported. This is more common in female and is usually shown as multiple nodules in both lung fields. A 41-year-old male, who had suffered from right pleuritic chest pain for 3 months, was initially diagnosed as adenocarcinoma under bronchofiberscopic biopsy. At that time, the stage of tumor according to the TNM staging was llla. He received bronchoscopic biopsy again during follow-up period and it was diagnosed as hamartoma. After surgery, the final diagnosis was pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
Keywords
Hemangioendothelioma; Lung pathology; Malignant disease;
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