Open AccessAngiosarcoma of the Chest Wall associated with Chronic Empyema and Pulmonary Metastasis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Dong Won Kim,
Ki Nam Lee,
Sang Yun Lee,
Mee Sook Roh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the korean society of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2288-2928
pISSN - 1738-2637
DOI - 10.3348/jksr.2011.64.1.45
Subject(s) - medicine , empyema , angiosarcoma , radiology , metastasis , pathology , cancer
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.
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