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Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces
Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm with a very poor prognosis that originates from the vascular endothelium and accounts for only 1%-2% of all sarcomatous malignancies. It is most commonly present in the deep soft tissues. Still, a wide range of primary sites, including the adrenals, thyroid,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6988729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6514 |
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author | Faiek, Saif Tariq, Hafsa Upparapalli, Deepti Bansal, Aditya Sompalli, Sreeja |
author_facet | Faiek, Saif Tariq, Hafsa Upparapalli, Deepti Bansal, Aditya Sompalli, Sreeja |
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description | Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm with a very poor prognosis that originates from the vascular endothelium and accounts for only 1%-2% of all sarcomatous malignancies. It is most commonly present in the deep soft tissues. Still, a wide range of primary sites, including the adrenals, thyroid, skin, and bone, are encountered. Here, we report a 52-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension who presented with chest pain. Her chest images showed bilateral pneumothoraces with diffuse cystic lung disease. She underwent bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopy with a tissue biopsy, which was consistent with epithelioid angiosarcoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-69887292020-02-05 Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces Faiek, Saif Tariq, Hafsa Upparapalli, Deepti Bansal, Aditya Sompalli, Sreeja Cureus Oncology Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm with a very poor prognosis that originates from the vascular endothelium and accounts for only 1%-2% of all sarcomatous malignancies. It is most commonly present in the deep soft tissues. Still, a wide range of primary sites, including the adrenals, thyroid, skin, and bone, are encountered. Here, we report a 52-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension who presented with chest pain. Her chest images showed bilateral pneumothoraces with diffuse cystic lung disease. She underwent bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopy with a tissue biopsy, which was consistent with epithelioid angiosarcoma. Cureus 2019-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6988729/ /pubmed/32025433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6514 Text en Copyright © 2019, Faiek et al. 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 author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Oncology Faiek, Saif Tariq, Hafsa Upparapalli, Deepti Bansal, Aditya Sompalli, Sreeja Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces |
title | Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces |
title_full | Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces |
title_fullStr | Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces |
title_short | Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Rare Case Presentation of Bilateral Pneumothoraces |
title_sort | primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma: a rare case presentation of bilateral pneumothoraces |
topic | Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6988729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6514 |
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