Open AccessMetastatic angiosarcoma presenting as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Santosh Rai,
Madhusudan Barthwal,
Palash Bhattacharya,
S. Bhargava,
M Pethe
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.44131
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , diffuse alveolar hemorrhage , hemangiosarcoma , pathology , lymphatic system , radiology
Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of the vascular or lymphatic endothelium. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is a rare presenting manifestation of angiosarcoma. We describe a case of pulmonary metastasis of angiosarcoma who presented with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as initial manifestation.