Author/Authors :
Onur, Seda Tural Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital - Department of Chest Diseases, Turkey , Günlüoglu, Zeki Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital - Department of Chest Surgery, Turkey , Dalar, Levent Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital - Department of Chest Diseases, Turkey , Sökücü, Sinem Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital - Department of Chest Diseases, Turkey , Altin, Sedat Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital - Department of Chest Diseases, Turkey , Dinçer, Ibrahim Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital - Department of Chest Surgery, Turkey
Abstract :
Angiosarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumour and constitutes less than 1% of all soft tissue cancers. Pleural angiosarcomas are extremely rare and have an aggressive course. We report the case of a 79-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of increasing dyspnoea on exertion and homogeneous opacification of the left hemithorax on chest radiograph. Epithelioid angiosarcoma was determined on pleural tissue obtained by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
Keywords :
Angiosarcoma , Hemothorax , Pleura , Soft tissue tumour.
