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Computed tomography of a 66-year-old man with chest wall angiosarcoma revealed a heterogeneous enhancing mass, calcified pleural thickening, and pulmonary nodules with the halo sign.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the CT imaging characteristics of chest wall angiosarcoma associated with chronic tuberculous empyema.
Angiosarcoma warrants consideration in chronic tuberculous empyema with chest wall mass; leaves open confirmation of this rare association.
Angiosarcoma of the chest wall is a very rare tumor and it is difficult to radiologically differentiate this tumor from other malignant tumors. Chronic tuberculous empyema is a predisposing factor that has been associated with angiosarcoma. We report here on a case of a 66-year-old man with angiosarcoma that arose in the chest wall. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a heterogeneous enhancing mass in the chest wall with calcified pleural thickening and multiple pulmonary nodules with the halo sign, which all indicated the presence of sarcoma with hypervascular metastases.
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Kim et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Angiosarcoma of the chest wall associated with chronic empyema and pulmonary metastasis (n=1). Computed tomography (CT) was evaluated on Radiologic findings. Computed tomography of a 66-year-old man with chest wall angiosarcoma revealed a heterogeneous enhancing mass, calcified pleural thickening, and pulmonary nodules with the halo sign.
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