PRIMARY ISOLATED EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA OF A LUMBAR VERTEBRA

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular tumour which occas ionally occurs in bone. It presents predominantly as multifocal lesion s in young males and is frequently misdiagnosed as metastatic carcinom a. We describe a case presenting as a solitary vertebral lesion in a 4 8-year-old female, which was initially misdiagnosed as a carcinoma and which responded well to radiotherapy.