Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma misdiagnosed as a benign nodule
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Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma misdiagnosed as a benign nodule
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare vascular tumor of borderline malignancy that originates from endothelial cells. Chest computed tomography (CT) performed during a routine cancer screening revealed multiple small pulmonary nodules in a 50-year-old man who had previously undergone endoscopic submucosal dissection of early gastric cancer. To rule out metastatic nodules, a...
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Address for correspondence: Mariusz Łochowski MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Memorial Copernicus Hospital, 62 Pabianicka St, 93-513 Lodz, Poland, phone: +48 602 776 887, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 24.11.2016, accepted: 30.12.2017. A 62-year-old man, a smoker, was admitted to our department with a history of cough, weight loss (5 kg per 3 months) and fever. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/s12957-015-0518-5