METASTATIC ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE DUODENUM-A CASE REPORT
| Autor: | Yasushi Ohmine, Isao Yara, Kanou Uehara, Tomomi Chibana, Moriyasu Nakaema |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 60:1013-1017 |
| ISSN: | 1882-5133 1345-2843 |
| Popis: | Angiosarcomas of the gastrointestinal tract are extremely rare. A case of angiosarcoma of the duodenum, which was suspected to be metastatic, is reported. The patient, a 73-year-old woman, was admitted to the hospital because of vomiting. Partial resection involving from the duodenum to jejunum was carried out under a diagnosis of duodenal tumor. The resected material showed a low elevated tumor, 6.0×6.0cm in size. Pathological diagnosis was angiosarcoma. Some papules dark violet in color were found at the forehead and right thigh 20 days after the operation. She had already noticed these lesions, two months before the surgery about the forehead lesion and postoperatively about the right thigh lesion. Excisional biopsy of the papule revealed an angiosarcoma which was the same finding with the duodenal tumor. She was diagnosed with having a pathological fracture of the right femoral bone two years before admission. No histological examination in the fracture site was performed at that time. It was assumed that the angiosarcoma of the duodenum might be metastasis from the right femoral bone or the skin where malignancies occur somewhat more frequently. |
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