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Metastatic pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with peculiar radiographic features
1Division of Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|February 12, 1999
Abstract:
We report a case of a pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule with subsequent systemic spread, including histologically documented gingival metastasis. Chest radiography and computed tomography at initial evaluation showed a solitary 2 cm pulmonary nodule, associated with pleural indentation and vascular convergence. The tumor later spread systemically, including multiple pulmonary nodules, bilateral pleural effusions, and gingival swelling and erosion. A biopsy of the gingival lesion showed histologic features identical to that of the lung biopsy.