Primary angiosarcoma of the femur: a diagnostic dilemma with a rare bone tumour.
We describe a rare case of high-grade primary angiosarcoma of the proximal femur in a 66-year-old man that proved fatal secondary to pulmonary metastases. The difficulties experienced in histological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of these tumours, and the resultant need for a high index of suspicion by surgeons in general and orthopaedists dealing with bone tumours in particular, is emphasized, as is the need for multidisciplinary management.
Mulhall
K J
KJ
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Merlin Park Hospital and University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland. kjm@indigo.ie
O'Callaghan
J
J
McCabe
J P
JP
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male