Ellis T S, Schwartz A, Starr J K, Riedel C J
Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA.
Neurosurgery. 1996 Feb;38(2):402-7. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199602000-00036.
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a recently described, rare vasoformative vascular tumor of variable biological behavior. Its principal sites of occurrence are soft tissues, liver, lung, and bone. There have been no formal case reports of this tumor occurring in the vertebral column, and there are no reports in the literature of surgical treatment for vertebral epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. We present a case of primary vertebral epithelioid hemangioendothelioma occurring in the L2 vertebral body. Surgical treatment, pathological findings, imaging characteristics, and a review of the literature are presented.
上皮样血管内皮瘤是一种最近才被描述的、生物学行为多样的罕见血管形成性血管肿瘤。其主要发生部位为软组织、肝脏、肺和骨骼。尚无该肿瘤发生于脊柱的正式病例报告，文献中也没有关于椎体上皮样血管内皮瘤手术治疗的报道。我们报告一例发生于L2椎体的原发性椎体上皮样血管内皮瘤病例。本文介绍了手术治疗、病理结果、影像学特征并对文献进行了综述。
