Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of the Lung with Pleural Metastases: A Rare Cause of Haemoptysis. Clinicopathological Conference

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 624-628

  Carillo, Gerardo Andres Obeso ^a   Carretero, Miguel Angel Canizares ^a   Vazquez, Jose Eduardo Rivo ^a   Fontan, Eva Garcia ^a   Ramos, Montserrat Blanco ^a   Ventura, Jesus Albort ^a   Rodriguez, Alberto Perez ^a   Salmon, Aida Sanchez ^b   Tejedor, Jose Luis Garcia ^a  

^a University Hospital of Vigo   (Spain)

^b University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma; Haemoptysis; Pleural metastases; Pulmonary angiosarcoma

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DOXORUBICIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; IFOSFAMIDE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EPITHELIOID ANGIOSARCOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA METASTASIS; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKING; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION;

COLORING AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956612191     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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