Key result
Paclitaxel and surgery halt pneumothorax and hemoptysis recurrence at 1 year in a metastatic angiosarcoma case.
Case Report (n=1)
Hemoptoe, thin-walled lung cysts, and spontaneous pneumothorax can be features of metastatic cutaneous angiosarcoma.
May support paclitaxel for pulmonary complications in rare metastatic angiosarcoma; hypothesis-generating and requires validation in larger cohorts.
We present a case of bilateral cystic lung metastases originating from cutaneous angiosarcoma (cAS) of the scalp in a 73-year-old man. He presented with hemoptysis and recurrent bilateral pneumothorax. The clinical, radiological, and histological features and a potential pathophysiological mechanism of pulmonary changes in cutaneous angiosarcoma are discussed.
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Mykoliuk et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Metastatic cutaneous angiosarcoma (n=1). Paclitaxel and surgical interventions (wedge resection, lobectomy, coiling) was evaluated on Clinical outcome (resolution of symptoms). In a 73-year-old man with metastatic cutaneous angiosarcoma, treatment with paclitaxel and surgical interventions resulted in no further recurrence of pneumothorax or hemoptysis at 1-year follow-up.
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