18 June 2019 : Case report
Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Rare Case of an Aggressive Vascular Malignancy
Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Rare disease
Meghan Lytle1ABCF, Sunil Daniel Bali2C, Yehuda Galili1ACDE, Brittany Bednov1BCD, Rodrigo M. Murillo Alvarez3CD, Stephen J. Carlan4CDEF*, Mario Madruga1ACDDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.915874
Am J Case Rep 2019; 20:864-867
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare vascular malignancy that occurs in multiple organs and tissues with a predilection for the extremities, bone, liver, and lung. It is often characterized by a clinically indolent course, delayed diagnosis, and unestablished standardized treatment options.
CASE REPORT: A 46-year-old female presented with a 2-month history of right shoulder and arm pain. Imaging revealed involvement of the humerus, lung, liver; and brain and biopsies of both the lung and humerus were performed. A diagnosis of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma was confirmed and the patient received radiation therapy to the right humerus and brain stereotactic radiosurgery. She was scheduled to begin palliative chemotherapy with doxorubicin but developed complications and never received chemotherapeutic agents. She died 5.5 months from her first admission with widespread metastasis.
CONCLUSIONS: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is typically a low-to-intermediate grade vascular malignancy, but, as seen in this case, can be aggressive. In the future, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment may improve using genetic or immune therapy considering a structural chromosomal translocation has been identified.
Keywords: Bone Diseases, Vascular Diseases, Bone Neoplasms, Fatal Outcome, Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid, Humerus, Liver Neoplasms
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