2015
DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.152977
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Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the detection of primary pulmonary angiosarcomas

Abstract: Angiosarcoma is a malignant vascular tumor that originates from the mesenchymal cells which have undergone angioblastic differentiation. Pulmonary angiosarcomas are invariably (>90%) metastatic tumors form primaries of the skin, bone, liver, breast, or heart. Primary pulmonary angiosarcomas are exceedingly rare, with just about 20 cases being reported in the literature. We report an additional case with a brief review of the literature of a primary pulmonary angiosarcoma in a 26-year-old lady who presented wit… Show more

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“…Other common sites include the breast, thyroid, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, pulmonary vessels and limbs ( 6 , 7 ). Pulmonary angiosarcomas are invariably (>90%) metastatic tumors from primary malignancies of the skin, bone, liver, breast or heart ( 8 ). Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma (PPA) is a rare tumor arising from arterial or venous pulmonary vessels of various sizes ( 9 ), and only ~30 cases of PPA have been reported to date ( 5 , 7 ).…”
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“…Other common sites include the breast, thyroid, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, pulmonary vessels and limbs ( 6 , 7 ). Pulmonary angiosarcomas are invariably (>90%) metastatic tumors from primary malignancies of the skin, bone, liver, breast or heart ( 8 ). Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma (PPA) is a rare tumor arising from arterial or venous pulmonary vessels of various sizes ( 9 ), and only ~30 cases of PPA have been reported to date ( 5 , 7 ).…”
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“…Angiosarcoma originates from blood vessels or lymphatic vessels; thus, abnormal activation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor VEGFR may result in angiosarcoma ( 6 ). According to previous reports, the risk factors for PPA are radiotherapy, thorium dioxide, poly-vinyl chloride, radon, thorotrast, copper mining dust, mastectomy, chronic empyema and tuberculosis ( 3 , 8 , 10-12 ). The patient of the present study received iodine 131 therapy.…”
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