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Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the lung: a rare late complication of Lucite plombage.

Patsios D, de Perrot M, Tsao MS, Weisbrod G

Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada.

Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the lung is a rare late complication of Lucite plombage treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. We describe the clinical, radiological and pathologic findings of a case of epithelioid angiosarcoma of the lung presenting with persistent haemoptysis who had undergone remote lung collapse therapy with Lucite plombage.

Published 6 July 2006 in Br J Radiol, 79(943): e36-9.
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