title: Postirradiation primary vaginal angiosarcoma with widespread intra-abdominal metastasis.
abstract: We report a primary vaginal angiosarcoma with widespread intra-abdominal metastasis occurring in a 73-yr-old woman 13 yr after vaginal brachytherapy for an endometrial carcinoma. This is an extremely rare phenomenon with only 7 previously reported cases of vaginal angiosarcoma, 5 of which were associated with earlier irradiation. All of the earlier reported cases have been localized to the pelvis without metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gynaecological Oncology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Aidan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Moza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Kalbani
authors.forename: Thuria
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Al Rawahi
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagar
authors.forename: W Glenn
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: McCluggage
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000556:secondary*; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*