title: Angiosarcoma of the colon developing in a capsule of a foreign body. Report of a case with associated hemorrhagic diathesis.
abstract: A case of angiosarcoma of the colon is reported. The tumor developed in the fibrous capsule of a retained sponge that was lost 25 years earlier during a gynecologic surgical procedure. The postoperative course was dominated by a fatal consumptive thrombohemorrhagic disorder. Angiosarcoma associated with a retained foreign body and development of hemorrhagic diathesis in angiosarcoma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ben-Izhak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lichtig
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015503:Surgical Sponges