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Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor
Background: Angiosarcoma of the pancreas is a very rare neoplasm accounting for 0.1% of pancreatic malignancies. This tumor is biologically very aggressive and frequently diagnosed at an unresectable stage. Case Presentation: Herein, we report a case of an incidentally discovered angiosarcoma that w...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933483/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pancan.2017.0007 |
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author | Worth, Patrick J. Turner, Michael Hammill, Chet W. |
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description | Background: Angiosarcoma of the pancreas is a very rare neoplasm accounting for 0.1% of pancreatic malignancies. This tumor is biologically very aggressive and frequently diagnosed at an unresectable stage. Case Presentation: Herein, we report a case of an incidentally discovered angiosarcoma that was removed with a robotic distal pancreatectomy and discuss the current literature on this rare disease. Conclusion: This is the fifth reported case of primary angiosarcoma of the pancreas and the first case to be identified incidentally. Unlike the other cases where survival was limited due to advanced disease, the patient presented here underwent surgical resection and remains disease free after 1 year of follow-up. |
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spelling | pubmed-59334832019-01-10 Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor Worth, Patrick J. Turner, Michael Hammill, Chet W. J Pancreat Cancer Case Report Background: Angiosarcoma of the pancreas is a very rare neoplasm accounting for 0.1% of pancreatic malignancies. This tumor is biologically very aggressive and frequently diagnosed at an unresectable stage. Case Presentation: Herein, we report a case of an incidentally discovered angiosarcoma that was removed with a robotic distal pancreatectomy and discuss the current literature on this rare disease. Conclusion: This is the fifth reported case of primary angiosarcoma of the pancreas and the first case to be identified incidentally. Unlike the other cases where survival was limited due to advanced disease, the patient presented here underwent surgical resection and remains disease free after 1 year of follow-up. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5933483/ /pubmed/30631836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pancan.2017.0007 Text en © Patrick J. Worth et al. 2017; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 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. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. offers reprint services for those who want to order professionally produced copies of articles published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. To obtain a price quote, email Reprints@liebertpub.com. Please include the article's title or DOI, quantity, and delivery destination in your email. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Worth, Patrick J. Turner, Michael Hammill, Chet W. Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor |
title | Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor |
title_full | Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor |
title_fullStr | Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor |
title_short | Incidental Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report of a Rare, Asymptomatic Tumor |
title_sort | incidental angiosarcoma of the pancreas: a case report of a rare, asymptomatic tumor |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933483/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pancan.2017.0007 |
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