Unusual presentation of metastatic scalp angiosarcoma: diagnosis by transbronchial lung biopsy.
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.
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms