title: Primary de novo angiosarcoma of the pleura.
abstract: Primary angiosarcoma of the pleura is an extremely rare soft tissue tumor with a poor prognosis. We report a case of primary angiosarcoma of the pleura in which the patient was admitted for dyspnea and massive bilateral recurrent hemothorax with fatal outcome. We also review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece. mlor-surg@ath.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lorentziadis
authors.forename: Antigoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sourlas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis