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Abstract
Case Report
A case of primary pleural angiosarcoma that required differentiation from malignant pleural mesothelioma
Yoshihiko Gotoa,c Miyuu Imaia,c Sachiyo Kosaia Takuro Sakagamic Tuyoshi Morib Kazuhiro Iyonagaa
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital
bDepartment of Respiratory Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital
cDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
ABSTRACT
This case concerns a 69-year-old Japanese man who was referred to our hospital for the purpose of detailed examination. He had consulted a doctor with the chief complaint of left chest pain, and multiple tumors under the left pleura had been found on computed tomography. The lesions were limited to the left thoracic cavity, and malignant pleural mesothelioma was suspected. To obtain a definitive pathological diagnosis, a thoracoscopic biopsy was performed, leading to the diagnosis of primary angiosarcoma of the pleura. We report a rare and therefore valuable case of primary angiosarcoma of the pleura.
KEYWORDS
Angiosarcoma Pleura Malignant pleural mesothelioma Paclitaxel Pembrolizumab
Received 23 Dec 2020 ／ Accepted 1 Mar 2021
AJRS, 10(3): 309-313, 2021
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