What is epithelioid hemangioendothelioma?

Also known as: EHE.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, or EHE, is a rare vascular tumor of young adults (though can occur in young children) that starts in the cells lining the blood vessels of soft-tissue, bone and body organs- commonly the liver, lungs and bone. They vary in how they grow.

In many children the tumor is non-cancerous (benign) and grows very slowly (and may even disappear on its own); in others, it can act like a cancer, growing rapidly, and spread to other parts of the body, causing a number of complications.

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Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM