Key result
Primary multifocal pleural angiosarcoma is a rare, poor-prognosis malignancy presenting with left-sided chest pain.
Why the study?
Angiosarcoma rarely involves the pleura and has an extremely poor prognosis, warranting detailed case descriptions.
Primary multifocal angiosarcoma of the pleura is a rare condition that can present with chest pain.
Suggests including pleural angiosarcoma in the differential for unexplained left chest pain; leaves open optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Angiosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumor usually located in the dermis of the extremities. It rarely involves the respiratory system, or the pleura, and the prognosis is extremely poor. We present the case of a patient who had a primary multifocal angiosarcoma of the pleura with left-sided chest pain.
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Baisi et al. (2011) studied this question. Primary multifocal angiosarcoma of the pleura is a rare malignancy with an extremely poor prognosis that can present clinically with left-sided chest pain.
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