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Pages 155-162 (March - April 2000)
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Vol. 6. Issue 2.
Pages 155-162 (March - April 2000)
CASO CLÍNICO/CLINICAL CASE
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Hemangioendotelioma epitelioide pulmonar, um caso clínico
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, a case report
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Teresa Alfaiate1, Fernando Barata2, Manuela Meruje3, Ana Figueiredo4, Fernando Matos5, Correia De Matos6
1 Interna do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Pneumologia. Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
2 Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia. Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
3 Assistente Hospitalar de Anatomia Patológica, Serviço de Pneumologia. Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
4 Assistente Hospitalar de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia. Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
5 Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia. Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
6 Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Cirurgia Torácica, Serviço de Pneumologia. Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra
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RESUMO

Os autores apresentam o caso clínico de uma doente do sexo feminino, de 48 anos, com história de diabetes mellitus tipo 2, que desenvolveu um quadro de hemoptises associado a manifestações radiológicas difusas.

Foi-lhe diagnosticado um hemangioendotelioma epitelioide pulmonar, tumor de natureza vascular, com comportamento intermédio entre os hemangiomas benignos e os angiossarcomas.

Não há descrição na literatura quanto ao beneficio da utilização de radioterapia ou quimioterapia, pelo que, o tratamento preconizado nesta situação foi apenas sintomático.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2000; VI (2): 155-162

Palavras-chave:
Hemangioendotelioma
Tumor
Diagnóstico
ABSTRACT

The authors report the clinical case of a 48-year­old female patient, with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2. She developed hemoptysis associated with widespread radiological manifestations. An epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lung was diagnosed. This is a tumor of a vascular nature with an intermediate behaviour between a benign hemangioma and a angiosarcoma.

As there is no description of the benefits of radiotherapy or chemiotberapy in the literature, the treatment recommended in this case for this condition was simply symptomatic.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2000; VI (2): 155-162

Key-words:
Hemangioendothelioma
Tumor
Diagnosis
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