A case report of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lung
Shimauchi, A.; Shindou, J.; Horiba, M.; Hara, M.; Kato, M.; Yokoi, T.
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi 31(10): 1285-1290
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1542 PMID: 8271662 Document Number: 407321
A 15-year-old woman presented with an abnormal chest X-ray taken at a medical check up. Her chest X-ray disclosed multiple nodular shadows in bilateral lung fields. A transbronchial biopsy was non-diagnostic and an open biopsy was performed. The tumor was histologically diagnosed as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma on the basis of associated with immunoreactivity to factor-VIII related antigen by immunohistochemistry and the presence of Weibel-Pallade bodies on electron microscopy. She has been followed-up in her home town without significant change.