title: Primary angiosarcoma of the brain.
abstract: We have described a 32-year-old black woman who had a primary angiosarcoma of the right occipital lobe. All three previously reported cases have been fatal within 1 year. Our patient is doing well more than 3 1/2 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Pathology, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cookston
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlitt
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Bastian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed