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hemangioendotheliomas

haemangioendotheliomas

Types

- kaposiform hemangioendothelioma
- epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
- retiform hemangioendothelioma
- composite hemangioendothelioma
- infantile hemangioendothelioma
- spindle cell hemangioendothelioma

Localization

- hepatic haemangioendothelioma
- cutaneous haemangioendothelioma
- pulmonary hemangioendothelioma
- mammary hemangioendothelioma

Cytogenetics

- translocation of chromosome 11q23 (11287811)
- t(1;3)(p36.3;q25) in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (11342784)
- translocation t(7;22) in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (8976367)
- trisomy 22q11 in osseous hemangioendothelioma (10198618)
- constitutional interstitial deletion of chromosome 6q (2596522)

Divverential diagnosis

- epithelioid sarcoma (12502927)

References

- Billings SD, Folpe AL, Weiss SW. Epithelioid sarcoma-like hemangioendothelioma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003 Jan;27(1):48-57. PMID: 12502927

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