Gastric Epithelioid Haemangioendothelioma: A Case Report

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Mitri Roberto Filippo Mocciaro Ambra Bonaccorso Elisabetta Conte Michele Amata Barbara Scrivo Pierenrico Marchesa Nunzia Scibetta Daniela Scimeca

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Mitri Roberto
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli Hospital, Palermo, Italy

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Objective: To report a case of gastric epithelioid haemangioendothelioma, given its low incidence. Introduction: Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma is a vascular neoplasm composed of epithelioid or histiocytoid cells with endothelial characteristics. They have a very low incidence of approximately one per one million and are usually asymptomatic with a difficult preoperative diagnosis. Case Report: This study reports the case of a 58-year-old woman with a history of chronic anaemia. She underwent an elective upper endoscopy with evidence of an ulcerated submucosal lesion in the gastric antrum. The histological examination performed over the endoscopic biopsies showed the vascular characteristic of the tumor and endosonography confirmed the submucosal origin of the lesion. After resective surgery, the tumor showed the histological and immunohistochemical features of the epithelioid haemangioendothelioma. Conclusion: Surgery in the form of wide excision seems to be the treatment of choice for this rare neoplasm in the absence of histological markers of malignant potential.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 12, Apr 2021
Accepted: Wed 05, May 2021
Published: Wed 19, May 2021

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© 2023 Mitri Roberto. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.05.02