Balraj Praveen, Kabbani Loay, Mathews Jeff, Tinney Francis, Schwartz Scott, Kwon David, Braun Felix, Wasilenko Sara
Department of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Apr;40:294.e7-294.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.07.068. Epub 2016 Dec 22.
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular sarcoma that arises from the lining (intima) of blood vessels. We report a case of a 43-year-old male patient, who presented with inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction and acute bilateral lower extremity deep vein thrombosis. Mechanical thrombectomy was performed with an endovascular thrombectomy device, followed by stent placement in the IVC. The initial pathology on the retrieved specimen obtained from the thrombectomy device revealed an undifferentiated neoplasm, and definitive surgical resection of the retroperitoneal soft-tissue tumor of the IVC documented a rare case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.