Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A case report

Abstract

Introduction: The pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular intermediate malignancy tumour. Case presentation: A 45-year-old man, he shows an isolated chronic cough with a preserved general state of health. The thoracoabdominal Computed tomography showed three well limited opacities of the right lung, among them one shows some calcifications; which we entirely resected by enucleation after a pneumotomy. The histologic examination with immunomarking led to an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. Conclusions: The pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a tumour of unpredictable prognosis, bad when linked to the plurifocal and symptomatic forms. © 2009 Ouadnouni et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd.