Weekly Case

Title : case 379

Age / Sex : 28 / M


Chief complaint: Left thigh mass for 6 month

1) What is your impression?

Two weeks later, you can see the final diagnosis with a brief discussion of this case.

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Courtesy: 박희진 (Hee Jin Park), 성균관 대학교 강북 삼성병원 (Sungkyunkwan University, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital)


 


Diagnosis:

EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA



Discussion


 


Rare vascular soft tissue tumor of intermediate malignancy


develops from the peripheral veins of the lower limb, especially from the iliac and femoral veins


Appearance in between hemangiomas and sarcoma


in terms of frequent local recurrences and metastatic potential


most common in the soft tissues


Reported the liver, lung, femur, tibia and humerus


Image


X-ray


Expansive, osteolytic and poorly demarcated lesions


Distinctive "soap-bubble" matrix with a sclerotic margin


No periosteal reaction is present


CT


noncontributory as they only reflect soft-tissue density but lesions enhance with contrast media


MRI


also non-specific


D/Dx


metastatic carcinoma, Ewing's sarcoma, telangiectatic osteosarcoma, lymphoma, fibrous dysplasia and aneurysmal bone cyst



Correct Answer
Name Institution
이름:소속병원
Total Applicants: 20
Semi Correct answers:19
조병구:삼성창원병원
김소희:삼성창원병원
이혜란:서울아산병원
박지원:대구튼튼병원
홍진호:인하대병원
한준구:인하대병원
신윤상:인하대병원
최현진:인하대병원
우아름:인하대병원
김나희:인하대병원
김유진:인하대병원
이현규:한양대학교서울병원
이지숙:순천향대 부천병원
최희석:부평세림병원
이지현:삼성서울병원
이상윤:무척나은병원
길은경:순천향대부천병원
조신영:웰튼병원
장윤희:충북대학교 병원

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