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Surgery for primary angiosarcoma of the brain resulted in survival of more than 3.5 years in a 32-year-old woman, whereas all three previously reported cases were fatal within 1 year.
This case report demonstrates long-term survival (>3.5 years) following surgery for primary angiosarcoma of the brain, a condition previously reported to be fatal within 1 year.
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Surgery may warrant consideration in primary brain angiosarcoma; single case leaves open need for confirmatory studies.
We have described a 32-year-old black woman who had a primary angiosarcoma of the right occipital lobe. All three previously reported cases have been fatal within 1 year. Our patient is doing well more than 3 1/2 years after surgery.
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COOKSTON et al. (1991) studied this question. Surgery for primary angiosarcoma of the brain resulted in survival of more than 3.5 years in a 32-year-old woman, whereas all three previously reported cases were fatal within 1 year.
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