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Primary intrathoracic malignant fibrous histiocytoma and angiosarcoma
1Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. m-pui@cyber.net.pk
Australasian Radiology
|July 21, 2000
Abstract:
Primary intrathoracic malignant fibrous histiocytoma and angiosarcoma are rare sarcomas constituting less than 0.2% of lung cancers. The typical imaging appearance is a large, well-circumscribed, non-cavitating, non-calcified, peripheral lung mass without hilar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Bronchoscopy and percutaneous needle aspiration are of limited value in differential diagnosis, and thoracotomy is warranted for definitive diagnosis.