Key result
Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma typically affects older men and manifests on imaging with unilateral pleural fluid and nodular pleural thickening, mimicking mesothelioma.
Observational
Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare malignancy that mimics diffuse pleural carcinomatosis or mesothelioma on imaging.
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May support inclusion in the differential for mesothelioma-like pleural findings; leaves open histopathologic validation in larger series.
Crotty et al. (2000) conducted an observational in Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the pleura. Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma typically affects older men and manifests on imaging with unilateral pleural fluid and nodular pleural thickening, mimicking mesothelioma.
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