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Angiosarcoma of the adrenal gland presented with recurrent haemoptyses and massive haemothorax due to dissemination throughout the pleural space.
Highlights a rare case of massive haemothorax secondary to pleural dissemination of an adrenal angiosarcoma.
Adrenal angiosarcoma merits consideration in unexplained massive haemothorax; extends reported metastatic patterns but leaves open diagnostic algorithms.
A patient who presented with recurrent haemoptyses was found to have an angiosarcoma of the adrenal gland which disseminated throughout the pleural space.
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Alistair J. McCleary (1994) studied this question. Angiosarcoma of the adrenal gland presented with recurrent haemoptyses and massive haemothorax due to dissemination throughout the pleural space.
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