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Descripción clínico-radiológica de un angiosarcoma cardiaco con metástasis cerebral que simula un quiste hidatídico

Angiosarcoma is the most malignant sarcoma originating in endothelial vascular cells. It has a wide differential diagnosis due to its similarities with other entities, such as parasitic diseases. More often, angiosarcoma is diagnosed by exclusion. Neurocysticercosis and hydatid disease, or echinococ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ortiz, Blair, Hernández, Carolina, Barajas, Norma Carolina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7357370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31584759
http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.4335
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Sumario:Angiosarcoma is the most malignant sarcoma originating in endothelial vascular cells. It has a wide differential diagnosis due to its similarities with other entities, such as parasitic diseases. More often, angiosarcoma is diagnosed by exclusion. Neurocysticercosis and hydatid disease, or echinococcosis, are parasitic infections that may involve the central nervous system and their incidence is higher in South American countries. Diagnosis is established based on the epidemiological profile, the parasitological examination, the radiological appearance of the lesions, and the histopathology analysis of specimens. We present the case of a female adolescent with parasitosis risk factors whose neuroimages suggested cerebral hydatid cysts and who was finally diagnosed with cardiac metastatic angiosarcoma.