Gastric Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: An Unexpected Tumor in an Unexpected Location

Angiosarcomas are aggressive neoplasms that arise from endothelial cells and can develop in any part of the body. Gastrointestinal angiosarcomas are very uncommon and can have a variable clinical presentation. We report a case of an 84-year-old female who presented with acute blood loss anemia. She...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sharko, Artem, Samuel, Shirly, Ying, Grace W, Prasad, Sonika, Baig, Shaji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34150400
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15049
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Sumario:Angiosarcomas are aggressive neoplasms that arise from endothelial cells and can develop in any part of the body. Gastrointestinal angiosarcomas are very uncommon and can have a variable clinical presentation. We report a case of an 84-year-old female who presented with acute blood loss anemia. She underwent a gastrointestinal workup with esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), which revealed two polyps in the stomach. Histologic evaluation of the polyps was indicative of angiosarcoma, and the diagnosis was eventually confirmed by immunohistochemical analysis with positive CD31, ERG, and FLI1 stains. This case is reported to demonstrate the importance of considering angiosarcoma in the differential for patients presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding.

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