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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 18;14(2):e240152.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240152.

Pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma mimicking lung cancer

Naohiro Oda  1   2 , Yoshinobu Maeda  3 , Kastuyuki Kiura  4 , Nobuaki Miyahara  4   5
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Case Reports

Pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma mimicking lung cancer

Naohiro Oda et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: radiology; respiratory cancer.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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(A, B) Chest CT showing a 4 cm diameter tumour in the right upper lobe, two nodules accompanied spicula and pleural indentation in the right S2 and S6, and right hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathies. (C, D) FDG-positron emission tomography/CT showing high accumulation of FDG in each lesion (maximum standardised uptake value: 9.03). FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose.
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