Open AccessMultifocal hemangioendotheliomas of bone mimicking metastases
Author(s) -
Vikram Narang,
Bhavna Garg,
Neena Sood,
Harpreet Kaur
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.142692
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , malignancy , hemangioendothelioma , histopathology , soft tissue , pathology , hemangioma , hemangiosarcoma , metastasis , radiology , cancer
Hemangioendotheliomas are rare vascular tumors that can arise from soft tissue or bone. The former comprises hemangioma, epithelioidhemangioma, hemangiomatosis and massiveosteolysis or Gorham's disease (which mimics malignantneoplasm due to aggressive osteolytic destruction). The rarer malignant counterparts are epithelioidhemangioendothelioma, hemangioendothelioma and angiosarcoma in increasing order of malignancy. The diagnosis of these lesions is difficult both clinically and radiologically. Hereby we report an unusual case which was mistaken for metastasis and was diagnosed with the help of histopathology.