title: [Primary adrenal angiosarcoma].
abstract: We report the case of a 69-year-old man who presented with an adrenal angiosarcoma which had been discovered during prostatic adenocarcinoma staging. Twenty-two cases have been reported in the literature. All of them were of epithelioid type. Because of the epithelioid appearance and frequent expression of epithelial immunohistochemical markers, they can be confounded with adrenal carcinomatous metastases. Careful screening for vascular differentiation and immunohistochemistry with endothelial markers are essential for the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Laënnec, Boulevard J. Monod, Saint Herblain, 44093 Nantes cedex 01, France.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galmiche
authors.forename: Henri-Philippe
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: Pierre-André
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Labrosse
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coindre
authors.forename: Marie-Françoise
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Heymann
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male