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A 67-year-old man with primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma presented with PET-negative multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules, diagnosed via pulmonary wedge resection.
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Primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of PET-negative multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules.
May prompt inclusion of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in PET-negative nodule differentials; leaves open need for confirmatory series.
We report here a case of primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma diagnosed in a 67-year-old Caucasian man, presenting with exertion dyspnoea, dry cough, and multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules revealed by computed tomography. At the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, these nodules were negative. The histopathological diagnosis was made on a pulmonary wedge resection (performed during video-thoracoscopic surgery).
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Cazzuffi et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (n=1). Pulmonary wedge resection via video-thoracoscopic surgery was evaluated on Histopathological diagnosis. A 67-year-old man with primary pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma presented with PET-negative multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules, diagnosed via pulmonary wedge resection.
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