Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report

Katrine Fjaellegaard; Jesper Koefod Petersen; Inger Merete Stamp; Asbjorn Hoegholm; Paul Frost Clementsen; Uffe Bodtger

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101194

Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report

Respir Med Case Rep. 2020:31:101194. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101194. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

Authors

Katrine Fjaellegaard^{1

2

3}, Jesper Koefod Petersen^{1

2

3}, Inger Merete Stamp⁴, Asbjorn Hoegholm¹, Paul Frost Clementsen^{2

5

6}, Uffe Bodtger^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zealand University Hospital Naestved, Naestved, Denmark.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Zealand University Hospital Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark.
³ Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital Naestved, Naestved, Denmark.
⁵ Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone. We present an extremely rare case of primary pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema. We conclude, that pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis in patients suspected of empyema.

Keywords: Malignancy; Pleura infection; Pleural disease; Pleural effusion; Pleural tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports