Key result
Diagnostic work-up for a dual clinical presentation identifies ultra-rare epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with lung metastases.
Why the study?
Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma is an ultra-rare tumour requiring detailed diagnostic work-up to establish diagnosis and primary site.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the complex diagnostic work-up required to identify an ultra-rare epithelioid haemangioendothelioma presenting with dual clinical symptoms.
In this case report we present a woman in her late 40s with dual clinical presentation. First, the patient presented to general practice with muscular symptoms over months, including pain and a palpable mass in her right leg. Then acute cerebral symptoms appeared that required emergency hospitalisation. MRI scan of the head, chest X-ray, upper-body 18F-FDG-PET/CT and CT scan were indicative of both a benign meningioma and malignant lung metastases. Subsequent diagnostic work-up at our diagnostic centre led to the final diagnosis; epithelioid haemangioendothelioma, with the primary site in the right leg and lung metastases, an ultra-rare type of cancer.
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Lolk-Ottosen et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (n=1). Diagnostic work-up was evaluated on Final diagnosis. Diagnostic work-up of a woman with dual clinical presentation led to the diagnosis of epithelioid haemangioendothelioma, an ultra-rare cancer with a primary site in the leg and lung metastases.
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