Rare disease
Cardiac tamponade caused by epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
1 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 104, Taiwan
2 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Division of Nephrology, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 104, Taiwan
3 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Nursing and Management College, Division of Chest, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 10449, Taiwan
4 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Pathology, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 104, Taiwan
5 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Nuclear Medicine, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 104, Taiwan
6 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 10449, Taiwan
7 Mackay Memorial Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 92 Sec 2, Chung-Shan North Rd, Taipei, 10449, Taiwan
Correspondence to:
Shih-Yi Lee, leesyi5538{at}yahoo.com.tw
Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a tumour of vascular endothelial origin. The rarity of EHE has limited the complete understanding of the disease. Here, a unique case of EHE complicated with cardiac tamponade with an unusual initial presentation, scoliosis, is reported. The discordant findings between a Tc99m bone scan and 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDP PET) also serve to impart another lesson about investigating bone metastasis in EHE.
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