A Case of Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Surviving 10 Years without Treatment

作者：Okamura Kyoko; Ohshima Tsukasa; Nakano Ryuji; Ouchi Hiroshi; Takayama Koichi^*; Nakanishi Yoichi

来源：Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2010, 16(6): 432-435.

• pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
• flourodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
• intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor
• multiple nodular shadows

A 19-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of bilateral multiple nodular shadows on the chest radiograph. She complained of no symptoms. The pulmonary lesions were diagnosed pathologically as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. She has been followed without treatment for more than 10 years. Among all lesions, only two pulmonary nodules enlarged slightly, and it is interesting that one showed significant uptake in a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan. The current case suggests the clinical usefulness of an FDG-PET scan in a pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) patient. (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 16: 432-435)

• 出版日期2010-12