Primary Pulmonary Angiosarcoma Found Incidentally in a Complicated Patient: A Rare Case Report

• Published in: The clinical respiratory journal Vol. 18; no. 8; pp. e13818 - n/a
• Main Authors: Basiri, Reza, Ziaei Moghaddam, Alireza, Rikhtegar, Arezoo, Jafarian, Amir Hossein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Biopsy; Bronchoscopy - methods; complicated patient; Fatal Outcome; Female; Hemangiosarcoma - complications; Hemangiosarcoma - diagnosis; Hemangiosarcoma - pathology; Humans; incidental finding of tumor; Incidental Findings; Indazoles; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Original; Ostomy; Paclitaxel - administration & dosage; Paclitaxel - therapeutic use; primary pulmonary angiosarcoma; Pyrimidines - therapeutic use; rare case report; Sulfonamides - therapeutic use; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; incidental finding of tumor; rare case report; complicated patient; primary pulmonary angiosarcoma

ABSTRACT Introduction Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma (PPA) is a highly aggressive and rare malignancy originating from the endothelial cells of blood vessels in the lungs. PPA is an extremely rare subtype, with less than 30 cases reported to date. PPA is not only challenging to diagnose but also has...