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Kayla L Marritt1, Nick Baniak2, Peter Graham1
1Department of General Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Rd B419, Saskatoon S7N 0W8, Canada.
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Primary adrenal angiosarcoma is an aggressive and extremely rare malignancy. Given this, there is a paucity of reported cases and clinical guidelines for its management. Here, we present a case report of a 70-year-old male diagnosed with primary adrenal angiosarcoma. He underwent surgical resection with curative intent and is currently undergoing surveillance with no evidence of local recurrence or metastases after 7 months. This case report contributes to the literature by increasing our knowledge regarding this rare entity.
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