Angiosarcoma of the lung with fatal pulmonary hemorrhage.
A patient with fatal pulmonary hemorrhage was found to have angiosarcoma of the lung at postmortem examination. This case, occurring in a man with a prior history of industrial exposure in South African copper mines, is the third well-described primary occurrence of this tumor in the lung.
D000368:Aged; D003300:Copper; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
D004391:Dust; D003300:Copper