A case of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma surviving 10 years without treatment

Kyoko Okamura; Tsukasa Ohshima; Ryuji Nakano; Hiroshi Ouchi; Koichi Takayama; Yoichi Nakanishi

A case of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma surviving 10 years without treatment

Kyoko Okamura, Tsukasa Ohshima, Ryuji Nakano, Hiroshi Ouchi, Koichi Takayama, Yoichi Nakanishi

Department of Respirology

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Abstract

A 19-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of bilateral multiple nodular shadows on the chest radiograph. She complained of no symptoms. The pulmonary lesions were diagnosed pathologically as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. She has been followed without treatment for more than 10 years. Among all lesions, only two pulmonary nodules enlarged slightly, and it is interesting that one showed significant uptake in a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan. The current case suggests the clinical usefulness of an FDG-PET scan in a pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) patient.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	432-435
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume	16
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Gastroenterology

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A case of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma surviving 10 years without treatment

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