Concomitant renal cell carcinoma and metastatic epithelioid angiosarcoma with microangiopathy
Kok, V.C.; Liu, T.W.; Lin, H.H.; Ou, H.; Cheng, S.H.; Liu, M.C.; Huang, A.T.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association 94(1-2): 48-52
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0929-6646 PMID: 7613233 Document Number: 442910
Epithelioid angiosarcoma is an extremely rare clinical entity. Recognized only in recent years, epithelioid angiosarcoma mimicks epithelial tumors, both morphologically and immunohistochemically. It is very aggressive, assuming a rapid, metastatic and fatal course. This is a report of a case with an unequivocal diagnosis of epithelioid angiosarcoma and concomitant renal cell carcinoma. Reports of cancer with double origins of this combination, in patients without inherited von Hippel-Lindau disease, are extremely rare in the English literature. A review of the literature encompassing all cases of epithelioid angiosarcoma since 1983 is included.