A Case Report of Pleural Angiosarcoma

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Thoracic Surgeon, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Lung Transplantation Research Center (LTRC), Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Angiosarcoma is a rare, highly malignant tumor arising from endothelial cells of small blood vessels, which occurs usually in the skin, deep soft tissues, breast and liver. Pleural Angiosarcomas are extremely rare and have been reported fewer than 50 cases in medical literature. In this Case Report beside review of literature, we present the patient with pleural effusion that finally found to have Pleural Angiosarcoma.

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