Open AccessCardiac tamponade caused by epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
Author(s) -
Tzu-Tao Chen,
Chin-Hu Lai,
ChienLiang Wu,
TaoYeuan Wang,
Bing-Fu Shih,
ChungLieh Hung,
LiKuo Kuo,
Yu-Ling Weng,
Shih-Yi Lee
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0955
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , epithelioid hemangioendothelioma , positron emission tomography , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , surgery , immunohistochemistry
Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a tumour of vascular endothelial origin. The rarity of EHE has limited the complete understanding of the disease. Here, a unique case of EHE complicated with cardiac tamponade with an unusual initial presentation, scoliosis, is reported. The discordant findings between a Tc99m bone scan and 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDP PET) also serve to impart another lesson about investigating bone metastasis in EHE.