Publication: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
Date
1998
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Case Report
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ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
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Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
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Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EH) is a rare, vasoformative vascular tumour, which displays intermediate clinical behaviour between that of hemangioma and angiosarcoma. We report a case of EH in a 30-year old female, with recurrent pericardial effusion, cough, shortness of breath, haemoptysis, and a negative malignancy workup of pericardial fluid aspiration cytology, and pericardial biopsy. The diagnosis of EH was established after open lung biopsy. Our patient had a malignant form of the disease, who had evidence of alveolar haemorrhage terminally. This is the first case being reported from Nepal. Chemotherapy was advised which she refused, and she died within five months of onset of symptoms.
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https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.49