Francesca M Plutino¹, Baldassare Mondello² and Marcello Filotico³*

¹Laboratory of Pathologic Anatomy, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Metropolitan Hospital-Reggio Calabria, Italy
²UOC of Thoracic Surgery, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Metropolitan Hospital - Reggio Calabria, Italy
³Department of Patholoy, Fondazione Card, Panico Hospital-Tricase (Le), Italy

*Corresponding Author: Marcello Filotico, Department of Patholoy, Fondazione Card, Panico Hospital-Tricase (Le), Italy.

Received: October 18, 2021; Published: December 06, 2021

Abstract

Epithelioid vascular tumors present a challenging diagnostic problem, especially if they originate in unusual locations, such as the pleural serosa. For these reasons, a case of a Primitive Pleural Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma observed by us deserves to be reported.

Keywords: Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE); Pleura; Woman

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Citation

Citation: Marcello Filotico., et al. “Primitive Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE) of the Pleura. A Case Report and Literature Review”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 6.1 (2022): 13-18.

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