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Unusual presentation of metastatic scalp angiosarcoma: diagnosis by transbronchial lung biopsy
Journal of the National Medical Association
|May 1, 1987
Abstract:
Angiosarcoma of the skin and soft tissue is a rare, highly malignant tumor of the blood vessels. This case report describes a patient with two unusual manifestations of the tumor; cavitary pulmonary metastases and bilateral hydropneumothoraces. In addition, diagnosis of lung involvement was made by transbronchial lung biopsy which has not been previously reported.