Refractory pneumothorax and hemothorax associated with metastatic scalp angiosarcoma

Refractory pneumothorax and hemothorax associated with metastatic scalp angiosarcoma

Abstract Background Pulmonary metastasis of scalp angiosarcoma (SA) is a rare, but life-threatening disease, challenging to diagnose and manage. We report two cases of pneumothorax and hemothorax with pathologically proven metastasis of SA in the parietal pleura, which was not predictable from image...

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Main Authors: Masahide Isowa, Satona Tanaka, Ryo Nakanobo, Yoshito Yamada, Hiroshi Date
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Scalp angiosarcoma
Pneumothorax
Hemothorax
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-01001-w

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