Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Angiosarcoma is a rare vascular malignant soft tissue tumor, with highly malignant, invasive, and multifocal characteristics of biology, which is prone to local recurrence and distant metastasis, so the prognosis is extremely poor. It rarely involves the diaphragm. We present the case of an adult pa...
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| description | Angiosarcoma is a rare vascular malignant soft tissue tumor, with highly malignant, invasive, and multifocal characteristics of biology, which is prone to local recurrence and distant metastasis, so the prognosis is extremely poor. It rarely involves the diaphragm. We present the case of an adult patient who had a primary giant angiosarcoma of the left-sided diaphragm. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cb3aabc4cb45477e91944c1f2c19ff412025-08-20T02:19:48ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/950856950856Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of LiteratureTao Ren0Xue-qian Chen1Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, ChinaAngiosarcoma is a rare vascular malignant soft tissue tumor, with highly malignant, invasive, and multifocal characteristics of biology, which is prone to local recurrence and distant metastasis, so the prognosis is extremely poor. It rarely involves the diaphragm. We present the case of an adult patient who had a primary giant angiosarcoma of the left-sided diaphragm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/950856 |
| spellingShingle | Tao Ren Xue-qian Chen Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_full | Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_fullStr | Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_short | Giant Diaphragmatic Angiosarcoma of Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_sort | giant diaphragmatic angiosarcoma of adult a case report and review of literature |
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