Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to metastatic angiosarcoma of the scalp: report of a case.
Angiosarcoma is a highly malignant neoplasm, which most often develops on the scalp or face of elderly people. Common distant metastatic sites include the lung, liver, lymph nodes, and skin. We report a case of angiosarcoma manifesting as simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to pulmonary metastases in an 86-year-old man. The pneumothorax preceded the diagnosis of angiosarcoma. Chest computed tomography showed multiple thin-walled cavitary metastatic pulmonary lesions, which increased in size as new lesions appeared over the clinical course of several months. This case suggests that a finding of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax may indicate a serious parenchymal lung disorder.
Sakurai
Hiroyuki
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Departments of Surgery, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Fujimi, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-0027, Japan.
Hada
Masao
M
Miyashita
Yoshihiro
Y
Tsukamoto
Katsuhiko
K
Oyama
Toshio
T
Ashizawa
Itsuki
I
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D018700:Pleurodesis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed