EJVES Extra
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 17-19 , February 2008

Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Causing Acute Abdominal Aortic Obstruction and Bilateral Limb Ischemia

  • A. Doi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Narita Red Cross Hospital, 90-1, Iidacho, Narita, Chiba 286-8523, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. A. Doi, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Narita Red Cross Hospital, 90-1, Iidacho, Narita, Chiba 286-8523, Japan.
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  • A. Ishida

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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  • M. Imamaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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  • H. Shimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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  • Y. Niitsuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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  • M. Miyazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8677, Japan

,Accepted 13 September 2007.

  • Image Result

    Preoperative angiogram. The aorta is occluded below the level of inferior mesenteric artery. Right common iliac artery is enhanced by collateral arteries.

    Preoperative angiogram. The aorta is occluded below the level of inferior mesenteric artery. Right common iliac artery is enhanced by collateral arteries.

  • Image Result

    Pathology of the emboli. (a) Round-like to fusiform tumor cells showing epithelioid, funicular, vesicle proliferation in a myxoid background. (b) Single cell vacuolization. Hematoxylin and eosin stain

    Pathology of the emboli. (a) Round-like to fusiform tumor cells showing epithelioid, funicular, vesicle proliferation in a myxoid background. (b) Single cell vacuolization. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification × 400 (a), × 800 (b).

PII: S1533-3167(07)00040-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.09.008

EJVES Extra
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 17-19 , February 2008

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