Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
1997 Jun;30(6):631-635.
Surgical Experience of Pulmonary Vascular Tumor: 2 cases
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Korea.
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- Tumors of vascular origin are subdivided into two groups: those composed of pericytes (hemangiopericytoma and glomus tumor), and those composed of endothelial cells(hemangioendothelioma). They are uncommon, potentially malignant tumors, and in the lung, the tumors may present as a small asymptomatic nodule or a large symptomatic lesion. Recently we experienced two cases of solitary pulmonary vascular tumors(epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and hemangiopericytoma), and reviewed them with references
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