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==Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma==
==Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma==
*Should '''not''' be confused with ''[[epithelioid hemangioma]]''.
{{Main|Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma}}
===General===
*Malignant.<ref name=Ref_WMSP603>{{Ref WMSP|603}}</ref>
*Adults - wide age range.
*Associated with oral contraceptives, vinyl chloride.<ref name=pmid20165548/>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid20165548>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gupta | first1 = R. | last2 = Mathur | first2 = SR. | last3 = Gupta | first3 = SD. | last4 = Durgapal | first4 = P. | last5 = Iyer | first5 = VK. | last6 = Das | first6 = CJ. | last7 = Shalimar | first7 = SK. | last8 = Acharya | first8 = . | title = Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A diagnostic pitfall in aspiration cytology. | journal = Cytojournal | volume = 6 | issue =  | pages = 25 | month =  | year = 2010 | doi = 10.4103/1742-6413.58951 | PMID = 20165548 | URL = http://www.biomedsearch.com/nih/Hepatic-epithelioid-hemangioendothelioma-diagnostic-pitfall/20165548.html }}</ref>
*Large epithelioid perivascular cells with:
**Abundant pale eosinophilic cytoplasm.
**Cytoplasmic vacuolation (some cells) - [[AKA]] "blister cells" - '''key feature'''.
***May form lumen and have RBC within.
**Vesicular nucleus with prominent nucleolus in some cells.
*Tuft-like projections into capillaries.
*Tumour cells may be in well-circumscribed paucicellular nodules ''or'' more cellular poorly formed aggregates.
 
DDx:
*[[Angiosarcoma]], epithelioid.
*[[Hemangioma]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Epithelioid_hemangioendothelioma.jpg | Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulmonary_pathology/5600772691/in/photostream/ Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma - low mag. (flickr.com/Rosen)].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulmonary_pathology/5601354962/ Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma - high mag. (flickr.com/Rosen)].
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20080802170854495 Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid20165548>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gupta | first1 = R. | last2 = Mathur | first2 = SR. | last3 = Gupta | first3 = SD. | last4 = Durgapal | first4 = P. | last5 = Iyer | first5 = VK. | last6 = Das | first6 = CJ. | last7 = Shalimar | first7 = SK. | last8 = Acharya | first8 = . | title = Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A diagnostic pitfall in aspiration cytology. | journal = Cytojournal | volume = 6 | issue =  | pages = 25 | month =  | year = 2010 | doi = 10.4103/1742-6413.58951 | PMID = 20165548 | URL = http://www.biomedsearch.com/nih/Hepatic-epithelioid-hemangioendothelioma-diagnostic-pitfall/20165548.html }}</ref>
*CD31 +ve.
*CD34 +ve.
*Factor VIII +ve.


=See also=
=See also=
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