Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Angiosarcoma
- Medical condition (new).image
- Metastatic angiosarcoma in the brain.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- MRI of a cardiac angiosarcoma that has metastasised to the brain.
- Medical condition (new).field
- Oncology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Often asymptomatic, non-specific symptoms common
- Medical condition (new).onset
- Typically 60-70 however all age groups are affected
- Medical condition (new).types
- Hemangiosarcoma, lymphangiosarcoma, parenchymal angiosarcoma
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Unknown
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Lymphedema, radiation therapy, various chemicals
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Imaging, biopsy
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery
- Medical condition (new).prognosis
- Depends on type, overall five-year survival ~ 30-38%
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- 1 per million people (US)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Angiosarcoma (5617087462).jpg
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C9275
- Commons category
- Angiosarcoma
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0001816
- health specialty
- oncology
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- WikiProject Medicine
Sources (6)
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Das Angiosarkom ist ein Sarkom, d. h. ein bösartiger Tumor der Stütz- und Bindegewebe, das vom Endothel von Gefäßen ausgeht. Es gehört zu den malignen vaskulären Tumoren. Geht die Geschwulst von Blutgefäßen aus, spricht man von einem Hämangiosarkom, bei Lymphgefäßen von einem Lymphangiosarkom.
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