Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Angiosarcoma is a rare vascular malignant soft tissue tumor, with highly malignant, invasive, and multifocal characteristics of biology, which is prone to local recurrence and distant metastasis, so the prognosis is extremely poor. It rarely involves the diaphragm. We present the case of an adult pa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/950856 |
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| Summary: | Angiosarcoma is a rare vascular malignant soft tissue tumor, with highly malignant, invasive, and multifocal characteristics of biology, which is prone to local recurrence and distant metastasis, so the prognosis is extremely poor. It rarely involves the diaphragm. We present the case of an adult patient who had a primary giant angiosarcoma of the left-sided diaphragm. |
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| ISSN: | 1687-9627 1687-9635 |