title: Primary angiosarcoma of the femur: a diagnostic dilemma with a rare bone tumour.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Merlin Park Hospital and University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland. kjm@indigo.ie
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mulhall
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McCabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male