Published January 2011
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Journal article
Angiosarcoma of the Chest Wall associated with Chronic Empyema and Pulmonary Metastasis: A Case Report
- 1. Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan (Korea, Republic of)
Description
Angiosarcoma of the chest wall is a very rare tumor and it is difficult to radiologically differentiate this tumor from other malignant tumors. Chronic tuberculous empyema is a predisposing factor that has been associated with angiosarcoma. We report here on a case of a 66-year-old man with angiosarcoma that arose in the chest wall. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a heterogeneous enhancing mass in the chest wall with calcified pleural thickening and multiple pulmonary nodules with the halo sign, which all indicated the presence of sarcoma with hypervascular metastases
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
- Journal Volume
- 64
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- 10 refs, 1 fig
- Journal Page Range
- p. 45-48
- ISSN
- 1738-2637
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 42044869
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEST; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNGS; METASTASES; SARCOMAS
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY