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- Title
An unusual presentation of malignant hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with left pleural and pulmonary localization.
- Authors
Caruso, Settimo; Miraglia, Roberto; Maruzzelli, Luigi; Spada, Marco; Vitulo, Patrizio; Minervini, Marta Ida; Luca, Angelo; Gridelli, Bruno
- Abstract
Hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (HEHE) is extremely rare in children. We present an adolescent who presented with a scoliosis due to left thoracic pain. Multifocal HEHE was incidentally found during CT scan of the thorax, and confirmed with a multiphase CT scan of the abdomen, biopsy and immunochemistry. Left pleural and pulmonary involvement was suspected and later confirmed with biopsy and histopathological examination. The patient died 1 year after diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge, scoliosis has not previously been reported as the first symptom of EHE.
- Subjects
CASE studies; SCOLIOSIS in children; PLEURA diseases; ANGIOSARCOMA; LIVER biopsy; TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 9, p1027
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-008-0915-9