Radical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy resulted in 41-month recurrence-free survival in a patient with primary brain angiosarcoma.
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Supports multimodal therapy in rare primary brain angiosarcoma; leaves open need for prospective validation before broader adoption.
A 41-year-old patient with a primary angiosarcoma of the brain is reported. The tumor was located in the left parietal lobe and was radically removed. The diagnosis of angiosarcoma was established by immunohistochemistry. The patient was postoperatively treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and then radiation therapy. After 41 months, she was in excellent clinical and neurological condition without any sign of recurrence.
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