Rare cancer with primary pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma diagnosed by thoracoscopic biopsy achieving disease control after 16 months: case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Ioannis S. Pateras (Author), Konstantinos Kostopanagiotou (Author), Menelaos G. Samaras (Author), Anna Koumarianou (Author), Mina Koutrouli (Author), Nikolaos Korodimos (Author), Katerina Kampoli (Author), Vasiliki Apollonatou (Author), Effrosyni Manali (Author), Stylianos Loukides (Author), Periklis Tomos (Author), Sotirios Tsiodras (Author), Ioannis G. Panayiotides (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignant vascular tumor whose pleural EHE (pEHE) type is even more uncommon, with significant heterogeneity in the clinical behavior as well as challenging diagnosis and treatment decisions. Herein, we present a 74-year-old woman admitted to the hosp...