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Angiosarcoma of the lung

Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant vascular tumor. Pulmonary involvement is usually attributable to metastasis from other primary sites, primary pulmonary angiosarcoma therefore being quite uncommon. We report a case of angiosarcoma with pulmonary involvement, probably primary to the lung, which had g...

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Autores principales: Grafino, Mónica, Alves, Paula, de Almeida, Margarida Mendes, Garrido, Patrícia, Hasmucrai, Direndra, Teixeira, Encarnação, Sotto-Mayor, Renato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4805390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26982044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000193
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Sumario:Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant vascular tumor. Pulmonary involvement is usually attributable to metastasis from other primary sites, primary pulmonary angiosarcoma therefore being quite uncommon. We report a case of angiosarcoma with pulmonary involvement, probably primary to the lung, which had gone untreated for more than two years. We describe this rare neoplasm and its growth, as well as the extensive local invasion and hematogenous metastasis at presentation. We also discuss its poor prognosis.