Metastatic Cardiac Angiosarcoma to the Lung, Spine, and Brain: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

dc.contributor.authorLin, Chih-Ta
dc.contributor.authorDucis, Katrina
dc.contributor.authorTucker, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorTranmer, Bruce
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-27T18:29:30Z
dc.date.available2017-09-27T18:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBackground Metastatic angiosarcoma to the brain is a rare entity without an established management protocol. Case Description A man with primary cardiac angiosarcoma presented with a rare brain metastasis. The patient underwent successful resection of the brain metastasis and was initiated on chemotherapy only for his systemic disease. The patient did not develop local recurrence. A review of primary and metastatic central nervous system angiosarcoma, its pathologic features, clinical disease course, treatment strategies, and genomics is also provided. Conclusions Angiosarcomas are rare tumors that are difficult to treat. Gross total resection of a central nervous system metastasis is recommended before initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Close follow-up is still required given the propensity for continued metastasis of these tumors. Future treatments may be developed based on the genomics of angiosarcomas.en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationLin, C.-T., Ducis, K., Tucker, S., & Tranmer, B. (2017). Metastatic Cardiac Angiosarcoma to the Lung, Spine, and Brain: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.023en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/14187
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.023en_US
dc.relation.journalWorld Neurosurgeryen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourceAuthoren_US
dc.subjectangiosarcomaen_US
dc.subjectbrain metastisisen_US
dc.subjectchemotherapyen_US
dc.titleMetastatic Cardiac Angiosarcoma to the Lung, Spine, and Brain: A Case Report and Review of the Literatureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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