Brain metastasis from pericardial angiosarcoma.
A case of metastatic intracranial angiosarcoma in a 17-year-old female is presented. The patient underwent a sternotomy for treatment of a primary angiosarcoma arising from the pericardium. The postoperative course was uneventful but the patient died as a result of multiple metastases. The metastatic intracranial tumor had features characteristic of angiosarcoma as revealed by light microscopy with positive immunohistochemical staining of factor VIII-related antigen. Only a few cases of intracranial metastasis from cardiac angiosarcoma have been reported in the literature.
Hwang
S L
SL
Division of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital, Taiwan ROC.
Howng
S L
SL
Sun
Z M
ZM
Kwan
A L
AL
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans