Primary pleural epithelioid angiosarcoma. A case report and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 415-419

  Dainese, Emanuele ^a   Pozzi, Barbara ^a   Milani, Mario ^a   Rossi, Giorgio ^a   Grazia Pezzotta, Maria ^a   Vertemati, Giuseppe ^a   Tricomi, Paolo ^a   Sessa, Fausto ^b  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Epithelioid; Hemangioendothelioma; Immunohistochemistry; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURECTOMY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADICULOPATHY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953229420     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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