Radically resected epithelioid angiosarcoma that originated in the mediastinum.

Autor: Tane, Shinya, Tanaka, Yugo, Tauchi, Syunsuke, Uchino, Kazuya, Nakai, Reiko, Yoshimura, Masahiro
Zdroj: General Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery; Jul2011, Vol. 59 Issue 7, p503-506, 4p
Abstrakt: ngiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm, accounting for only 1%-2% of all sarcomas. It occurs most frequently in the skin and soft tissue and rarely in the thoracic region. To our knowledge, a mediastinal angiosarcoma is extremely rare. We report on the surgical resection of a rare case of giant epithelioid angiosarcoma originating in the anterior mediastinum, followed by six courses of adjuvant chemotherapy (doxorubicin + ifosfamide). The patient is alive and asymptomatic 1 year after surgery. As the prognosis for unresectable cases is generally dismal, surgical resection and adjuvant therapy can be an option for mediastinal angiosarcoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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