Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
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| Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
 Micrograph of an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver. |
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| ICD-O: | M9133/ |
| MeSH | D000230 |
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare tumor, first characterized by Sharon Weiss, M.D., that both clinically and histologically is intermediate between angiosarcoma and hemangioma.[1]:601 It is a vascular cancer in the lining of the blood vessels in the liver and lungs so rare that only 0.01 percent of the cancer population has it. Around 200 to 300 cases are diagnosed in America every year - the cause is unknown. It is unresponsive to any known strain of chemotherapy, making treatment very difficult.
In 2003 photographer and actress Kris Carr was diagnosed with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.[2]
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- ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ^ Living with Cancer: The Kris Carr's Story
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