[Angiosarcoma of the chest wall with chronic empyema--a case report]

A 65-year-old man admitted to our hospital with a complaint of painful tumor of chest wall. By preoperative aspiration cytology and biopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as a sort of sarcoma. Tumor, empyema cavity and lower lobe of the right lung was resected en bloc. Pathological diagnosis was angiosarcoma originated from the chest wall with chronic empyema. Chest wall angiosarcoma is a rare disease, and its prognosis is grave. One of the causes of chest wall sarcoma with chronic empyema is considered to be repeated chronic inflammation.