January 1, 2017The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest SurgeryOpen Access

A case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall showing rapid growth

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Population

1 29-year-old woman with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall and bilateral lung metastases.

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

12 months

Authors

MOMasatsugu OhuchiKyoto Medical Center SIShuhei InoueThe University of Tokyo YOYoshitomo OzakiShiga Medical Center

Discussion

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Implication

Rapid fatal progression despite multimodal therapy in rare chest wall epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; leaves open optimal management strategies.

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Population

1 29-year-old woman with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall and bilateral lung metastases.

Intervention

Resection of the right chest wall tumor with reconstruction and thoracoscopic partial resection of the left lower lobe, followed by radiotherapy (60 Gy) and chemotherapy (IL-2 and docetaxel).

Outcome

Clinical course and survivalhard clinical

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall is extremely rare and can exhibit rapid growth and fatal progression despite surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.

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Ohuchi et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7fe8f3bae189c53c6c73ca https://doi.org/10.2995/jacsurg.31.470

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Implication

Rapid fatal progression despite multimodal therapy in rare chest wall epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; leaves open optimal management strategies.

A case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall showing rapid growth

Discussion

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Implication

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A case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall showing rapid growth

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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