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Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in an elderly patient. A case report and review of the literature.

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The case of an 85 years old male patient diagnosed of pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, taking advantage to review exhaustively literature and therapy for the disease is reported.
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This article is published in Lung Cancer.The article was published on 2011-07-01. It has received 23 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma & Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.

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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in the thorax: Clinicopathologic, CT, PET, and prognostic features

TL;DR: Among 4 different thoracic involvement types, the lung multinodular pattern tended to demonstrate longer median survival than other patterns, whereas the shortest median survival was observed for the nodule/mass with pleural involvement pattern.
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Rare Pleural Tumors

TL;DR: The radiologic and pathologic features of the less common primary pleural tumors are described and a diagnostic approach to their evaluation is proposed.
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Combination capecitabine and bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.

TL;DR: A diagnostically challenging case of HEHE is presented where capecitabine and bevacizumab are utilized as another novel treatment option.
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Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma harboring CAMTA1 rearrangement

TL;DR: A 71-year-old man with pleural EHE harboring CAMTA1 rearrangement confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization on paraffin embedded tissue is reported.
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Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: Literature Summary and Novel Case Report

TL;DR: Significant challenges in the diagnosis and management of patients with pleural PHE exist, including a wide initial differential diagnosis and difficulties in obtaining tissue specimens, coupled with relatively limited treatment options.
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma a vascular tumor often mistaken for a carcinoma

TL;DR: It is suggested the term epithelioid hemangioendothelioma be used to designate these biologically “borderline” neoplasms, which may be observed in both benign and malignant vascular lesions.
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a vascular tumor often mistaken for a carcinoma.

Scott T. Weiss, +1 more
- 31 Aug 1982 - 
TL;DR: The epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) as discussed by the authors is a type of cancer characterized by a histiocytoid endothelial cell, which grows in small nests or cords and only focally line well-formed vascular channels.

A case report and literature review

TL;DR: The Plummer-Vinson syndrome has come increasingly rare with the availabil¬ ity of iron supplements, but nonetheless it should be suspected in the setting of dysphagia and iron deficiency.
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and related lesions

TL;DR: The principal clinical, pathologic, and biologic differences among these three lesions of EH of soft tissue, bone, lung, and liver are discussed.
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver: A clinicopathologic and follow-up study of 32 cases***

TL;DR: Although the prognosis is much more favorable than that for angiosarcoma, extrahepatic metastases occurred in nine of the patients in this series, and the biologic behavior of the tumor may be related in part to its matrix, which may show inflammation, dense sclerosis, and calcification.
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