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Gil BM, Chung MH, Lee KN, Jung JI, Yoo WJ, Kwon SS, Lee H. Multidetector CT findings of primary pleural angiosarcoma : a systematic review, an additional cases report. Cancer Imaging 2022; 22:6. [PMID: 35022068 PMCID: PMC8756718 DOI: 10.1186/s40644-021-00435-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background To demonstrate and analyze the relatively common imaging findings in this rare primary pleural angiosarcoma (PPA). Case presentation Three cases of PPA, proven by video-assisted thoracic surgery biopsies are retrospectively reviewed. Patients were all male. Age ranges from 65 to 75 years old age (mean; 69). Major chief complaints were dyspnea and chest pain. One has a history of colon cancer, the other has a tuberculosis history and the other has no known history. Multidetector chest CT and PET CT were all done. Immunohistochemical studies were performed including CD31, CD34, or factor VIII-related antigen, vimentin, and cytokeratin. We also review the literatures on recently published PPA. All masses were from 1 to 10 cm. All three patients had multiple pleural based masses, which were ovoid in shape with relatively sharp margin in unilateral hemithorax. Multiple small circumscribed pleural masses are limited in the pleural space in two patients, whereas two, huge lobulated masses about up to 10 cm were present with pleural and extrapleural involvement in one patient. In two patients with pleural mass only, multiple pleural masses were only seen in parietal pleura in one patient and were in both visceral and parietal pleura in one patient. Pleural effusion were found in one side in one patient and in both sides in one patient. One angiosarcoma was arised from chronic tuberculotic pleurisy sequelae. All pleural masses are heterogenous with irregular internal low densities in all patients. Hematogenous metastases were found in liver, vertebra, rib in one patient, and were in lungs with mediastinal lymph node metastases in the other patient. Three patients survived for longer than 3months after diagnosis, but continued to deteriorate rapidly. Two patients underwent chemotherapy after surgical excision, and the other one with multiple metastases treated chemotherapy after CT-guided biopsy, but eventually all died. As a result of comparative analysis of a total of 13 patients’ images including 10 cases previously published, there was pleural effusion in all except 2 cases. Conclusions PPA were all necrotic without any vascularized enhancing nature, and manifested as unilateral circumscribed or localized pleural-based masses. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40644-021-00435-1.
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- Bo Mi Gil
- Department of Radiology, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Allergy and Pulmonary, Department of Internal Medicine, BUCHEON St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, Colloge of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Gorospe L, Ovejero-Díaz AP, Benito-Berlinches A. Primary epithelioid angiosarcoma of the chest wall complicating calcified fibrothorax and mimicking empyema necessitates. J Bras Pneumol 2017; 43:71. [PMID: 28380190 PMCID: PMC5790678 DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37562016000000244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- Luis Gorospe
- . Departamento de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España
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Primary pleural angiosarcoma in a 63-year-old gentleman. Case Rep Pulmonol 2013; 2013:974567. [PMID: 23844302 PMCID: PMC3697234 DOI: 10.1155/2013/974567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Primary pleural angiosarcomas are extremely rare. As of 2010, only around 50 case reports have been documented in the literature. Herein, we report the case of a 63-year-old gentleman who presented with a 3-month history of right-sided chest pain, dyspnea, and hemoptysis. Chest X-ray showed bilateral pleural effusion with partial bibasilar atelectasis. Ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis showed bloody and exudative pleural fluid. Cytologic examination was negative for malignant cells. An abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan showed two right diaphragmatic pleural masses. Whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan showed two hypermetabolic fluorodeoxyglucose- (FDG-) avid lesions involving the right diaphragmatic pleura. CT-guided needle-core biopsy was performed and histopathological examination showed neoplastic cells growing mainly in sheets with focal areas suggestive of vascular spaces lined by cytologically malignant epithelioid cells. Immunohistochemical analysis showed strong positivity for vimentin, CD31, CD68, and Fli-1 markers. The overall pathological and immunohistochemical features supported the diagnosis of epithelioid angiosarcoma. The patient was scheduled for surgery in three weeks. Unfortunately, the patient died after one week after discharge secondary to pulseless ventricular tachycardia arrest followed by asystole. Moreover, we also present a brief literature review on pleural angiosarcoma.
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Kurtz JE, Serra S, Duclos B, Brolly F, Dufour P, Bergerat JP. Diffuse primary angiosarcoma of the pleura: a case report and review of the literature. Sarcoma 2011; 8:103-6. [PMID: 18521403 DOI: 10.1080/1357-7140400003596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2022] Open
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Primary pleural angiosarcoma is an extremely rare tumor. We report the case of a patient who presented with recurrent massive bilateral hemothoraxes. Although thoracoscopy was performed, biopsy samples of the pleura were inconclusive. The delayed onset of skin metastases led to the diagnosis of angiosarcoma, however the patient died from pleuropulmonary progression before treatment could be started. We review the literature of primary pleuropulmonary angiosarcoma and discuss its treatment modalities.
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- Jean-Emmanuel Kurtz
- Department of Hematology and Oncology Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg 1 Av Molière Strasbourg 67098 France
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Primary pleural angiosarcoma is an extremely rare tumor. We report the case of a patient who presented with recurrent massive bilateral hemothoraxes. Although thoracoscopy was performed, biopsy samples of the pleura were inconclusive. The delayed onset of skin metastases led to the diagnosis of angiosarcoma, however the patient died from pleuropulmonary progression before treatment could be started. We review the literature of primary pleuropulmonary angiosarcoma and discuss its treatment modalities.
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West JG, Weitzel JN, Tao ML, Carpenter M, West JE, Fanning C. BRCA Mutations and the Risk of Angiosarcoma After Breast Cancer Treatment. Clin Breast Cancer 2008; 8:533-7. [DOI: 10.3816/cbc.2008.n.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Santiago Recuerda A, Corpa Rodríguez M, García-Sánchez Girón J, Díaz-Agero Álvarez P, Vázquez Pelillo J, Casillas Pajuelo M. Experiencia de 25 años en tumores vasculares de la pared torácica. Arch Bronconeumol 2005. [DOI: 10.1157/13070285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Santiago Recuerda A, Corpa Rodríguez ME, García-Sánchez Girón J, Díaz-Agero Alvarez P, Vázquez Pelillo J, Casillas Pajuelo M. Vascular Tumors Arising in the Chest Wall: 25 Years' Experience. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 41:53-6. [PMID: 15676137 DOI: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60395-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Seventy-three interventions for chest wall tumors were performed at our hospital from 1978 through 2003. Six (8.2%) tumors were vascular. Four of them were soft tissue tumors, and two involved bone. The histologic diagnoses were hemangioendothelioma (1), low-grade angiosarcoma (1), and hemangioma (4). The diagnosis was established after surgery in all cases except one that had been previously diagnosed during an attempted resection before the patient came to our hospital. Fine needle aspiration carried out in 4 patients was inconclusive in all cases. Complete tumor resection with a margin greater than 3 cm was performed in each patient. Embolization followed by ligation of the intercostal vessels was performed prior to tumor resection in 1 patient with arteriovenous fistula and diffuse angiomatosis. Chest wall reconstruction after tumor removal was carried out using autologous tissues except in 1 case in which a Marlex mesh (CR Bard Inc., Burlington, USA) and a metallic prosthesis was inserted to prevent deformity in the lower costal arch. All patients have been followed and have survived with no evidence of recurrence after follow up ranging from 2 to 25 years.
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Suzuki T, Kitami A, Suzuki S, Kamio Y, Ohkura T, Mitsuya T. Angiosarcoma of the chest wall. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY = NIHON KYOBU GEKA GAKKAI ZASSHI 2000; 48:315-7. [PMID: 10860287 DOI: 10.1007/bf03218147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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A 50-year-old man sustaining bilateral chest wall angiosarcomas at intervals of several months underwent lesion resection. Angiosarcoma is so rare that we found no case in the literature who had undergone bilateral chest wall surgery for such tumors. His second tumor was thought to be metastatic rather than primary. Despite the 2 surgeries, irradiation, and chemotherapy, however, his prognosis was grave, as in other reports on angiosarcoma.
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- T Suzuki
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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