Kok V C, Liu T W, Lin H H, Ou H, Cheng S H, Liu M C, Huang A T
Department of Medical Oncology, Koo Foundation, Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
J Formos Med Assoc. 1995 Jan-Feb;94(1-2):48-52.
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.