Pleural angiosarcoma: a rare cause of spontaneous haemothorax

Angiosarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumour and constitutes less than 1% of all soft tissue cancers. Pleural angiosarcomas are extremely rare and have an aggressive course. We report the case of a 79-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of increasing dyspnoea on exertion and homogeneo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2013-02, Vol.63 (2), p.265-267
Hauptverfasser:	Onur, Seda Tural, Günlüoglu, Zeki, Dalar, Levent, Sökücü, Sinem, Altin, Sedat, Dinçer, Ibrahim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Angiosarcoma Care and treatment Case studies Causes of Diagnosis Female Hemangiosarcoma - complications Hemangiosarcoma - surgery Hemothorax - etiology Hemothorax - surgery Humans Pleural diseases Pleural Neoplasms - complications Pleural Neoplasms - surgery Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
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Zusammenfassung:	Angiosarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumour and constitutes less than 1% of all soft tissue cancers. Pleural angiosarcomas are extremely rare and have an aggressive course. We report the case of a 79-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of increasing dyspnoea on exertion and homogeneous opacification of the left hemithorax on chest radiograph. Epithelioid angiosarcoma was determined on pleural tissue obtained by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
ISSN:	0030-9982