TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in an eight-year-old - a case report
AU - Vasudevan, Geetha
AU - Nayal, Bhavna
AU - Nagel, Bhawna
AU - Rao, Lakshmi
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma (HEHE) is a rare vascular tumour of endothelial origin. The etiology of this tumour is unknown and has a variable clinical outcome. It usually affects adults and is extremely rare in children. Histologically, HEHE is characterized by epithelioid to dendritic tumour cells with intracytoplasmic lumina containing RBCs and a myxoid to sclerotic stroma. Being a rare entity, awareness and a high degree of suspicion is required to correctly identify this tumour. We report a case of hepatic hemangioendothelioma in an 8-year-old child.
AB - Hepatic epithelioid haemangio-endothelioma (HEHE) is a rare vascular tumour of endothelial origin. The etiology of this tumour is unknown and has a variable clinical outcome. It usually affects adults and is extremely rare in children. Histologically, HEHE is characterized by epithelioid to dendritic tumour cells with intracytoplasmic lumina containing RBCs and a myxoid to sclerotic stroma. Being a rare entity, awareness and a high degree of suspicion is required to correctly identify this tumour. We report a case of hepatic hemangioendothelioma in an 8-year-old child.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9910.5002
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9910.5002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907878007
SN - 2249-782X
VL - 8
SP - FD13-FD14
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
IS - 10
ER -