TY - JOUR
T1 - Alveolar haemorrhage with pleural effusion as a manifestation of epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
AU - Struhar, D.
AU - Sorkin, P.
AU - Greif, J.
AU - Marmor, S.
AU - Geller, E.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - A 22 year old male was admitted with haemoptysis. A chest X-ray showed bilateral confluent alveolar infiltrates. Bronchoscopy revealed blood oozing from all bronchopulmonary segments. Open lung biopsy disclosed bilateral effusions and large necrotizing nodules with pleural adhesions. Histological examination showed tumour cells, which were negative to epithelial and embryogenic markers but positive to factor VIII. This confirmed the diagnosis of an epithelioid haemangioendothelioma. This rare tumour, usually has an indolent course, whereas in our case it was complicated by alveolar and intrapleural bleeding.
AB - A 22 year old male was admitted with haemoptysis. A chest X-ray showed bilateral confluent alveolar infiltrates. Bronchoscopy revealed blood oozing from all bronchopulmonary segments. Open lung biopsy disclosed bilateral effusions and large necrotizing nodules with pleural adhesions. Histological examination showed tumour cells, which were negative to epithelial and embryogenic markers but positive to factor VIII. This confirmed the diagnosis of an epithelioid haemangioendothelioma. This rare tumour, usually has an indolent course, whereas in our case it was complicated by alveolar and intrapleural bleeding.
KW - alveolar haemorrhage
KW - epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
KW - pleural effusion
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AN - SCOPUS:0026554172
VL - 5
SP - 592
EP - 593
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
SN - 0903-1936
IS - 5
ER -