Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy

Angiosarcoma is a rare vascular soft tissue tumor of endothelial origin most commonly seen in the elderly as a primary cutaneous head and neck malignancy. Furthermore, a peritoneal angiosarcoma is an exceedingly rare entity. This is the second case of primary peritoneal angiosarcoma reported in lite...

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Main Authors: Way Chiang, Zofia Tynski
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1257284
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description Angiosarcoma is a rare vascular soft tissue tumor of endothelial origin most commonly seen in the elderly as a primary cutaneous head and neck malignancy. Furthermore, a peritoneal angiosarcoma is an exceedingly rare entity. This is the second case of primary peritoneal angiosarcoma reported in literature that is not associated with prior radiotherapy. Herein, we describe a case of primary peritoneal angiosarcoma metastatic to both the liver and bone in a male patient with metachronous renal cell carcinoma and parathyroid adenoma.
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spelling doaj-art-455dc8b48fee4fb3bd8927b4dc7d31862025-08-20T02:37:52ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2018-01-01201810.1155/2018/12572841257284Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation TherapyWay Chiang0Zofia Tynski1Department of Family Medicine, Clarion Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, Clarion, PA 16214, USADepartment of Pathology, Clarion Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, Clarion, PA 16214, USAAngiosarcoma is a rare vascular soft tissue tumor of endothelial origin most commonly seen in the elderly as a primary cutaneous head and neck malignancy. Furthermore, a peritoneal angiosarcoma is an exceedingly rare entity. This is the second case of primary peritoneal angiosarcoma reported in literature that is not associated with prior radiotherapy. Herein, we describe a case of primary peritoneal angiosarcoma metastatic to both the liver and bone in a male patient with metachronous renal cell carcinoma and parathyroid adenoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1257284
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Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy
Case Reports in Pathology
title Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy
title_full Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy
title_fullStr Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy
title_full_unstemmed Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy
title_short Primary Peritoneal Angiosarcoma Metastatic to Liver and Bone without History of Radiation Therapy
title_sort primary peritoneal angiosarcoma metastatic to liver and bone without history of radiation therapy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1257284
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