Che Feng, Yang Cai Wei, Hu Xue, Li Qian, Wei Yi, Liu Xi Jiao, Song Bin
West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Front Oncol. 2021 Dec 17;11:782970. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.782970. eCollection 2021.
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignant vascular tumor that develops from vascular endothelial or pre-endothelial cells. More than 60% patients have single-organ involvement, and involvement of multiple organs including the liver, lungs, and bones is extremely rare. The typical radiographic features of EHE include multiple small nodules in both lungs, which are usually located near small- and medium-sized blood vessels and the bronchi, and solitary, multiple, or diffuse lesions located at the hepatic periphery, spreading within the branches of the portal and hepatic veins. Radiologic calcification has been rarely reported in the literature. Here, we firstly described a case of a 53-year-old woman with EHE who presented with lungs, liver, bone, and right hilar lymph node involvement, manifesting as massive calcification on computed tomography. This case reminds physicians that EHE may present with unusual imaging manifestations, like massive calcification, and should be considered during the diagnostic process.
上皮样血管内皮瘤(EHE)是一种罕见的恶性血管肿瘤,由血管内皮细胞或内皮前体细胞发展而来。超过60%的患者为单器官受累,累及包括肝脏、肺和骨骼在内的多个器官极为罕见。EHE的典型影像学特征包括双肺多发小结节,通常位于中小血管和支气管附近,以及位于肝周边的孤立性、多发性或弥漫性病变,在门静脉和肝静脉分支内扩散。文献中很少报道放射学钙化。在此,我们首次描述了一例53岁患有EHE的女性患者,其肺部、肝脏、骨骼和右肺门淋巴结均受累,计算机断层扫描显示为大量钙化。该病例提醒医生,EHE可能表现出不寻常的影像学表现,如大量钙化,在诊断过程中应予以考虑。