Small intestinal angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess

Angiosarcomas of the small intestine are rare and present non-specifically. They usually manifest with abdominal discomfort, altered bowel habits, anaemia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis is often challenging and occurs at an advanced tumour stage. We describe a case of a terminal ileum angi...

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Autores principales: Liu, DSH, Smith, H, Lee, MMW, Djeric, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2013
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Online Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955373
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description Angiosarcomas of the small intestine are rare and present non-specifically. They usually manifest with abdominal discomfort, altered bowel habits, anaemia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis is often challenging and occurs at an advanced tumour stage. We describe a case of a terminal ileum angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess, and discuss salient clinicopathological features in diagnosing and managing this disease.
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spelling pubmed-39646682014-07-17 Small intestinal angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess Liu, DSH Smith, H Lee, MMW Djeric, M Ann R Coll Surg Engl Online Case Report Angiosarcomas of the small intestine are rare and present non-specifically. They usually manifest with abdominal discomfort, altered bowel habits, anaemia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis is often challenging and occurs at an advanced tumour stage. We describe a case of a terminal ileum angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess, and discuss salient clinicopathological features in diagnosing and managing this disease. Royal College of Surgeons 2013-01 2013-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3964668/ /pubmed/23317721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955373 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Small intestinal angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess
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title_full_unstemmed Small intestinal angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964668/
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