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Pancreas angiosarcoma : case report of a rare cause of abdominal pain
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Introduction: Pancreas angiosarcoma is a very aggressive malignant neoplasm. The symptoms are nonspecific and it is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage, which confers a poor prognosis.
Presentation of case: We present a 56-year-old woman with abdominal epigastric pain and nausea. The abdominal CT-scan showed a 7 cm mass within the head of the pancreas and the pathology and immunochemistry analysis were positive for pancreas angiosarcoma. Intra-operatively the tumor was irresectable.
Discussion: Pancreas angiosarcoma is an extremely rare neoplasm with non-specific diagnosis. The histology has a wide range of presentations and immunohistochemistry is required. The surgery appears to be the only effective treatment.
Conclusion: We report the seventh case of pancreas angiosarcoma in the English literature. Despite it's irresectability, the patient was asymptomatic two months after surgery, initiating chemotherapy with paclitaxel, with good tolerance.
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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Abdominal pain Irresectable tumor Pancreas angiosarcoma
Contexto Educativo
Citação
International journal of surgery case reports, 76, 116-120
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Elsevier