Angiosarcomas are a rare type of malignant vascular tumour characterised by proliferation
of tumour cells with vascular endothelial features. These tumours are usually very
aggressive and overall mortality is very high. Pulmonary angiosarcomas are usually
secondary tumours, and only a few primary cases have been reported. We present a case
of a 56 year-old male with persistent haemoptysis secondary to lung epithelioid angiosarcoma
with pleural metastases.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 3,
2010
Received in revised form:
April 7,
2010
Received:
February 3,
2010
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© 2010 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
