hemangioendotheliomas

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#)

Differential 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#