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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lung (intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor) in a young girl
Author(s) -
Rock Michael J.,
Kaufman Robert A.,
Lobe Thom E,
Hensley Samuel D.,
Moss Max L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.1950110217
Subject(s) - medicine , epithelioid hemangioendothelioma , hemangioendothelioma , radiology , lung , abdomen , biopsy , pathology , thorax (insect anatomy) , anatomy , immunohistochemistry
This report describes a 7 year old girl who presented with scoliosis and a small right hemithorax. Findings on spine roentgenographs were pleural thickening on the right and parenchymal densities. Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules and two hypervascular lesions within the liver. The diagnosis established by lung biopsy was intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor (epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lung). This is the youngest reported case of this rare tumor.