RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Epithelioid Haemangioendothelioma of the Lung Presenting with Pulmonary Nocardiosis
JF In Vivo
JO In Vivo
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 1123
OP 1126
VO 21
IS 6
A1 VALSAMO ANAGNOSTOU
A1 EUTICHIA MOSSA
A1 SPIROS MIHAS
A1 ANTONIOS LEPOURAS
A1 DINA G. TINIAKOS
YR 2007
UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/21/6/1123.abstract
AB Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma of the lung is a rare tumour, originally described as intravascular bronchioalveolar tumour. The typical clinical findings are those of bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules in young or middle aged Caucasian women. Pulmonary nocardiosis is an unusual disease affecting patients with immunodeficiency or chronic obstructive lung disease. The first case of pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (PEH) associated with pulmonary nocardiosis, in a 36-year-old woman presenting with progressive dyspnoea and fever, is described. The neoplasm was diagnosed by thoracoscopic lung biopsy and the histological diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Pulmonary nocardiosis was confirmed by lung tissue culture. Following treatment with antibiotics, the patient's respiratory symptoms subsided. Two years after diagnosis she was asymptomatic and chest CT scans showed stable neoplastic disease. Copyright © 2007 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved