Vasudevan G, Nayal B, Nagel B, Rao L. Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma in an Eight Year old - A Case Report.
J Clin Diagn Res 2014;
8:FD01-2. [PMID:
25653958 PMCID:
PMC4316264 DOI:
10.7860/jcdr/2014/9910.5267]
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Abstract
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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