title: Primary angiosarcoma of the esophagus.
abstract: Primary angiosarcoma of the esophagus is an extremely rare soft-tissue tumor with no previously documented cases in the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases as of April 2012. We report a case of primary esophageal angiosarcoma in an otherwise healthy 77-year-old woman presenting with odynophagia and epigastric discomfort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. yin.chan@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Hala
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El-Zimaity
authors.forename: Gail E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Darling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed