Primary Pulmonary Angiosarcoma Presenting as Enbodronchial Stenosis: One Case Report.
- Author:
Kyung Hwa KIM
1
;
Yeon Ho SEO
;
Min Ho KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University, Medical School, Chonju, Korea. tcskim@lycos.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemangioma;
Lung neoplasms;
Sarcoma
- MeSH:
Constriction, Pathologic*;
Diagnosis;
Heart;
Hemangioma;
Hemangiosarcoma*;
Lung Neoplasms;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pericardium;
Pulmonary Embolism;
Sarcoma
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2003;36(10):789-793
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary pulmonary angiosarcomas are extremely rare tumors. The diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific symptoms, mimicking pulmonary embolism and require careful clinical evaluation to exclude metastasis from the heart, pericardium, and distant extrathoracic sites. Most diagnosis are made postmortem. We report a case of primary pulmonary angiosarcoma histopathologically confirmed postoperatively, which was clinically suspected endobronchial carcinoma with endobronchial obstruction with relavant literature review.
