Surgical resection of a primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in bilateral lungs

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Aug;58(8):431-3. doi: 10.1007/s11748-009-0546-6. Epub 2010 Aug 12.

Abstract

Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare pulmonary neoplasm that was initially described in 1975 as an intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor. This report presents the case of a patient with multifocal primary pulmonary PEH (11 tumors) in the bilateral lungs. All of the tumors detected in the preoperative computed tomography scan were surgically resected. The patient has been doing well for 9 years after surgery. No tumor recurred for 8 years after surgery until a single recurrent nodule appeared and was thoracoscopically resected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Pneumonectomy*
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome