title: Pulmonary lymphangitic sarcomatosis from cutaneous angiosarcoma: an unusual presentation of diffuse interstitial lung disease.
abstract: Pulmonary lymphangitic sarcomatosis (PLS) is not much recognized clinically although it shows similar pathological patterns and diagnostic features to pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis (PLC). We report a case with hand angiosarcoma whose chest X-ray findings revealed a diffuse interstitial pattern consistent with lymphangitic spreading. The final diagnosis was made by open lung biopsy. The clinical, diagnostic and pathological features of this disease process are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. gerson@ms2.hinet.net
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Liau
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Shih
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008205:Lymphangitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery