Key result
Surgical biopsy identifies metastatic angiosarcoma after standard evaluations fail for pulmonary nodules and hemorrhagic effusions.
Why the study?
Primary or metastatic pulmonary angiosarcoma is exceedingly uncommon and frequently misdiagnosed due to nonspecific clinical and radiographic features.
Case Report (n=1)
Pulmonary angiosarcoma is a rare, aggressive malignancy that can mimic infection or autoimmune disease, highlighting the need for early surgical biopsy when standard evaluations are unrevealing.
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Pulmonary angiosarcoma may mimic granulomatous disease; this case leaves open the value of early biopsy in atypical presentations.
Sinawe et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Disseminated Angiosarcoma (n=1). Surgical biopsy was evaluated. Surgical biopsy definitively diagnosed stage IV metastatic angiosarcoma in a 67-year-old man after standard evaluations for pulmonary nodules and hemorrhagic effusions were unrevealing.
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