[Angiosarcoma following teratocarcinoma: "mutation", successive malignancy or irradiation].

Abstract

Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant soft-tissue tumor and affects preferably skin and adjacent subcutaneous tissue. Very rarely the tumor is radiation-induced. We report the case of a 28-year-old Swiss who developed an angiosarcoma of the gut 5 years after the successful therapy of metastasising teratocarcinoma of his right testis by surgery and radiation therapy. We discuss three possible etiologies for the genesis of the angiosarcoma, which appeared rapidly after the primary tumor at an unusual site in an unusual patient.

• Authors: H R Räz, R Maurer, A von Hochstetter, J Hegglin
• Journal: Helvetica chirurgica acta (Helv Chir Acta) Vol. 56 Issue 3 Pg. 355-7 (Aug 1989) ISSN: 0018-0181 [Print] Switzerland
• Vernacular Title: Angiosarkom nach Teratokarzinom: "Mutation", sukzessives Malignom oder Bestrahlung.
• PMID: 2807966 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Hemangiosarcoma (etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Mesentery
• Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (etiology)
• Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced (etiology)
• Orchiectomy
• Peritoneal Neoplasms (etiology)
• Risk Factors
• Teratoma (radiotherapy, surgery)
• Testicular Neoplasms (radiotherapy, surgery)