TY - JOUR ID - 44117 TI - Prolonged Hemoptysis Caused by Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma; A Case Report and Review of the Literature JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Geramizadeh, Bita AU - Ziyaian, Bejan AU - Dehghani, Mehdi AU - Tahmasebi, Kamran AD - Transplant Research Center, Department of Pathology, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Surgery, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 39 IS - March Supplement SP - 223 EP - 227 KW - Hemangioendothelioma KW - Pulmonary KW - Hemoptysis DO - N2 - Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a vascular tumor with an intermediate malignant potential. This tumor is very rare in the lung parenchyma, and most of the previously reported cases have been asymptomatic. There is no standard therapy for this tumor and prognosis in the previous reports has been variable.Herein we report our experience with a 60-year-old woman presenting with hemoptysis and multiple lung consolidation, leading to a diagnosis of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma after surgical resection and pathological examination. After surgery and chemotherapy, the patient had an acceptable course. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_44117.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_44117_ea70ee5e396c0f8bbd99842ced495001.pdf ER -