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. 2000 Mar;92(3):143–146.

Primary splenic angiosarcoma: case report and literature review.

S A Hai 1, R Genato 1, I Gressel 1, P Khan 1
PMCID: PMC2640552  PMID: 10745645

Abstract

Angiosarcoma of the spleen is a rare neoplasm. We describe the clinical findings of an index case at our institution and the results of a literature review of the topic. Generally, this cancer has a poor prognosis and prompt splenectomy offers the only cure, as the cancer is poorly responsive to adjuvant chemotherapy.

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