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16077343

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas (PEH), also known as intravascular sclerosing bronchoalveolar tumor, is a rare vascular tumor of the lung common among young women. Primitive lumena lined by single cells is the characteristic pathologic feature. The endothelial nature of these cells is confirmed by positive staining with factor VIII and CD34. PEH usually presents as single or multiple pulmonary nodules. The present report describes high resolution CT (HRCT) findings of 2 cases with unusual manifestations of PEH. One case was a 54-year-old woman with multiple pulmonary nodules with irregular thickening of both the bronchovascular bundles and perilobular structures, representing intensive lymphangitic spread on HRCT. The other was an 18-year-old woman who had multiple minute peripheral nodules in the lungs bilaterally. These HRCT findings demonstrated the presence of tumor nodules in the lymphatic spaces, which is quite an unusual histologic presentation for this tumor. Both cases also showed hepatic lesions on abdominal CT; the former showing hypoattenuating masses with coarse calcifications and the latter showing multiple tiny calcifications in the hepatic parenchyma. Recognition of these features in the appropriate clinical setting may allow the clinician and the pathologist to consider this rare tumor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0883-5993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
236-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
High resolution CT findings of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: unusual manifestations in 2 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. saknm50@yahoo.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports