Unusual presentation of metastatic scalp angiosarcoma: diagnosis by transbronchial lung biopsy
Angiosarcoma of the skin and soft tissue is a rare, highly malignant tumor of the blood vessels. This case report describes a patient with two unusual manifestations of the tumor; cavitary pulmonary metastases and bilateral hydropneumothoraces. In addition, diagnosis of lung involvement was made by...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the National Medical Association 1987-05, Vol.79 (5), p.565-568 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Angiosarcoma of the skin and soft tissue is a rare, highly malignant tumor of the blood vessels. This case report describes a patient with two unusual manifestations of the tumor; cavitary pulmonary metastases and bilateral hydropneumothoraces. In addition, diagnosis of lung involvement was made by transbronchial lung biopsy which has not been previously reported. |
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ISSN: | 0027-9684 |