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A 39-year-old woman with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma treated with interferon α-2a died nine months after diagnosis despite imagiological stability of pulmonary lesions.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the clinical presentation, treatment, and poor prognosis of a rare pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
Imaging stability may not predict survival in pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; leaves open effective systemic therapies.
The authors report a case of a rare pulmonary neoplasm – epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, in a 39 year-old woman, asymptomatic until December 2003, when she developed pleuritic and right-sided chest pain. The patient presented a previous chest radiograph, performed 13 years before, which showed multiple small bilateral pulmonary nodules attributed to tuberculous sequelae. The definitive histological diagnosis was made by lung biopsy through thoracotomy. The patient developed a clinical and imagiological worsening and then therapy with interferon α-2a was started. Even with imagiological stability of pulmonary lesions the patient remained symptomatic and died nine months after the diagnosis had been established. The authors emphasise the rarity of this type of pulmonary neoplasm and discuss its clinical presentation, histological features, treatment and prognosis. Os autores descrevem um caso de uma neoplasia pulmonar rara – hemangioendotelioma epitelióide – numa doente do sexo feminino, de 39 anos, assintomática até Dezembro de 2003, altura em que apresentou toracalgia direita de características pleuríticas. A doente era portadora de uma radiografia torácica antiga, efectuada há 13 anos, que revelava múltiplos pequenos nódulos pulmonares bilaterais, atribuídos a sequelas de tuberculose pulmonar. O diagnóstico histológico definitivo foi efectuado através de biópsia pulmonar por toracotomia. Dado a doente ter apresentado agravamento clínico e imagiológico foi iniciada terapêutica com interferão α-2a. Apesar da estabilidade imagiológica das lesões pulmonares, a doente manteve-se sintomática e faleceu nove meses depois do diagnóstico ter sido estabelecido. Os autores realçam a raridade deste tipo de neoplasia pulmonar e discutem a sua apresentação clínica, características histológicas, tratamento e prognóstico.
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Saleiro et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (n=1). Interferon α-2a was evaluated. A 39-year-old woman with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma treated with interferon α-2a died nine months after diagnosis despite imagiological stability of pulmonary lesions.
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