Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of soft tissue. Because angiosarcoma originates from endothelial cells, it can occur in any organ and shows aggressive clinical features. Most commonly, angiosarcoma initially presents as a cutaneous lesion. Lung metastasis from scalp angiosarcoma can develop pneumothorax. We report a case of multiorgan involvement of an angiosarcoma, including the scalp, ...

TOPIC: Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Angiosarcomas are rare, highly aggressive neoplasms originating from vascular or lymphatic endothelium [1]. Cutaneous angiosarcoma the scalp has a predilection to involve pleural/subpleural surfaces [2,3]. Able induce pneumothorax, hemothorax, and pleural effusion, few reports link cyst...

A 54-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to exertional dyspnea. Chest radiography and CT revealed a large, thick-walled cavitary mass and a hydropneumothorax in the right lung in addition to a right hilar tumor and multiple small, thin-walled cavitary nodules (Picture 1). A transbronchial direct vision biopsy of the stenotic lesion of the right bronchus truncus intermedius revealed sq...

Hydropneumothorax is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication for a patient undergoing positive pressure ventilation. The case of a 23-year-old woman with severe asthma requiring lung lavage is described. Twenty minutes after an uneventful left lung lavage, the patient experienced increased peak airway pressure, decreased oxygen saturation and hypercarbia, despite ventilation with 90 per ...

To cite: Sturney SC, Meecham-Jones J, White A. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-200561 DESCRIPTION A 37-year-old woman presented to the chest clinic with catamenial bilateral lower chest pain, minor haemoptysis and epistaxis. She had a longstanding history of endometriosis, including previous resection of an umbilical deposit. She had been tak...

Persistent hydropneumothorax was diagnosed in a 62-year-old female with a history of blunt trauma, although she was treated with chest tube and closed underwater seal drainage. Computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy findings were consistent with "fallen lung" syndrome. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy also found a cavitary lesion at the right tracheobronchial angle. Forceps biopsy of the cavita...