An unusual presentation of malignant hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with left pleural and pulmonary localization

Settimo Caruso; Roberto Miraglia; Luigi Maruzzelli; Marco Spada; Patrizio Vitulo; Marta Ida Minervini; Angelo Luca; Bruno Gridelli

doi:10.1007/s00247-008-0915-9

An unusual presentation of malignant hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with left pleural and pulmonary localization

Settimo Caruso, Roberto Miraglia, Luigi Maruzzelli, Marco Spada, Patrizio Vitulo, Marta Ida Minervini, Angelo Luca, Bruno Gridelli

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Hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (HEHE) is extremely rare in children. We present an adolescent who presented with a scoliosis due to left thoracic pain. Multifocal HEHE was incidentally found during CT scan of the thorax, and confirmed with a multiphase CT scan of the abdomen, biopsy and immunochemistry. Left pleural and pulmonary involvement was suspected and later confirmed with biopsy and histopathological examination. The patient died 1 year after diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge, scoliosis has not previously been reported as the first symptom of EHE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1027-1030
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pediatric Radiology
Volume	38
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-0915-9
Publication status	Published - Sep 2008

Keywords

Child
CT
Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
Liver
Pleura
Scoliosis

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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An unusual presentation of malignant hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with left pleural and pulmonary localization. / Caruso, Settimo ; Miraglia, Roberto ; Maruzzelli, Luigi ; Spada, Marco ; Vitulo, Patrizio; Minervini, Marta Ida; Luca, Angelo; Gridelli, Bruno.

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