Unusual thoracic manifestations of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1987 May;111(5):459-63.

Abstract

Intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumors are now recognized as the pulmonary analogue of epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas of the somatic soft tissues. These low-grade endothelial sarcomas have a typical histologic appearance and usually present as bilateral pulmonary nodules in young women. The present report describes four unusual clinical manifestations of the epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: as an anterior mediastinal mass, as diffuse pleural thickening resembling malignant mesothelioma, as a metastatic carcinoma with cancerization of the lymphatics (lymphagitic carcinoma), and as a solitary peripheral calcified nodule. These anomalous clinical presentations correspond to unusual histologic appearances of the tumor at open-lung biopsy, and need to be recognized by both the clinician and the pathologist.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antigens / analysis
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Factor VIII / analysis
  • Factor VIII / immunology
  • Female
  • Hemangioendothelioma / analysis
  • Hemangioendothelioma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / analysis
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mesothelioma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • von Willebrand Factor

Substances

  • Antigens
  • von Willebrand Factor
  • Factor VIII