Spontaneous synchronous bilateral hemothorax as the only finding in primary pleural angiosarcoma: a case report and a literature review
| Autor: | Francesca Cettolo, Nicla Orzes, Guido Levi, Simona Fisogni, Chiara Rocchetti, Marianna Arici, Giampietro Marchetti, Manuela Ciarfaglia, Silvia Uccelli |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Pleural Neoplasms Hemangiosarcoma pleural cancer lcsh:Medicine Autopsy Malignancy hemothorax medicine Humans Angiosarcoma Pleural angiosarcoma neoplasms Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry lcsh:R Soft tissue Exudates and Transudates Middle Aged respiratory system Hemothorax medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure pleura Angiography Pleural fluid Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business thoracic oncology |
| Zdroj: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 91, Iss 1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2532-5264 1122-0643 |
| Popis: | Angiosarcoma is a rare malignancy of vascular origin, mostly originating from skin, soft tissues, and breast, but rarely also from the pleura. We present the case of a 55-year-old man who referred to our hospital for a spontaneous bilateral hemothorax. The CT angiography did not show any source of active bleeding; plus, no pleural or lung masses were observable. Cytological and microbiological analyses made on a sample of pleural fluid resulted negative. Despite numerous blood transfusions and thoracenteses, the patient deceased from hemorrhagic shock ten days later and the diagnosis of primary pleural epithelioid angiosarcoma was obtained only by autopsy. Additionally, we present a review of the literature about primary pleural angiosarcomas. |
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