a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
angiosarcoma in American English
(ˌændʒiˌoʊsɑrˈkoʊmə)
nounWord forms: pluralˌangiosarˈcomas or ˌangiosarˈcomata (ˌændʒioʊˈsɑrkoʊmətə)
a sarcoma containing many vessel-like structures
angiosarcoma in American English
(ˌændʒiousɑːrˈkoumə)
nounWord forms: plural-mas or -mata (-mətə)
Pathology
malignant overgrowth of vascular tissue
Word origin
[angio- + sarcoma]angio- is a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “vessel,” “container,” used in the formationof compound words. Other words that use the affix angio- include: angiogenesis, angiography, angiology, angiosperm, cholangiography
Examples of 'angiosarcoma' in a sentence
angiosarcoma
We present a case of an elderly patient who developed cutaneous angiosarcoma of the foot.
Sharang Tenjarla, Lucy Ashley Sheils, Theresa M. Kwiatkowski, Sheema Chawla 2014, 'Cutaneous Angiosarcoma of the Foot: A Case Report and Review of the Literature',Case Reports in Oncological Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/657876. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient died after 3 years of relapsed acute leukemia with progressive angiosarcoma.
Juliette Thariat, Isabelle Peyrottes, Frédéric Chibon, Maxime Benchetrit, Esma Saada,Lauris Gastaud, Olivier Dassonville, Antoine Iannessi, Antione Thyss 2013, 'Primary multicentric angiosarcoma of bone: true entity or metastases from an unknownprimary? Value of comparative genomic hybridization on paraffin embedded tissues',Rare Tumorshttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/4903. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Histopathologic examination of the specimen diagnosed a cutaneous angiosarcoma.
Schwarz Stephan, Mehrotra Ravi, Kleinheinz Johannes, Ettl Tobias, Reichert TorstenE, Driemel Oliver 2008, 'Infraorbital cutaneous angiosarcoma: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma', Head & Face Medicinehttp://www.head-face-med.com/content/4/1/18. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report the case of a 42-year-old male diagnosed with spleen angiosarcoma.
M. Bilski, D. Surdyka, I. Paśnik, M. Bilska, P. Cisek, P. Korona, J. Szumiło, L. Grzybowska-Szatkowska 2018, 'Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy with a 23-Month Overall Survival Time in a Patient aftera Surgery due to Splenic Hemangiosarcoma Rupture: A Case Report with the LiteratureReview', Case Reports in Oncological Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8672407. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Histological features of the lesion were suggestive of a high grade angiosarcoma.
M C Shashikanth, Neelkamal Sharda, I M Ali, U Deepak, Sheeba Mohindra 2008, 'Angiosarcoma of the mandible', Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiologyhttp://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2008;volume=20;issue=1;spage=19;epage=22;aulast=Shashikanth. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, we also present a brief literature review on pleural angiosarcoma.
Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Shamayel Mohammed 2013, 'Primary Pleural Angiosarcoma in a 63-Year-Old Gentleman', Case Reports in Pulmonologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/974567. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On histopathology a diagnosis of angiosarcoma was made.
Deepal J. Deshpande, Chitra S. Nayak, Sunil N. Mishra 2012, 'A Non Healing Ulcer on Scalp', Acta Medicahttps://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/55/1/0053/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Angiosarcoma may present a challenge in intraoperative frozen section diagnosis of an ovarian mass.
Surapan Khunamornpong, Jongkolnee Settakorn, Kornkanok Sukpan, Tip Pongsuvareeyakul,Sumalee Siriaunkgul 2016, 'Angiosarcoma Arising in Ovarian Mucinous Tumor: A Challenge in Intraoperative FrozenSection Diagnosis', Case Reports in Pathologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8508624. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pathology demonstrated angiosarcoma of the adrenal gland.
Jay G. Fuletra, Benjamin T. Ristau, Barton Milestone, Harry S. Cooper, Alysia Browne,Sujana Movva, Thomas J. Galloway, Randall Lee, Nikhil Waingankar, Alexander Kutikov 2017, 'Angiosarcoma of the Adrenal Gland Treated Using a Multimodal Approach', Urology Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016301826. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Angiosarcoma of chest wall invading into the skin has never been reported in dermatological literature.
Sabha Mushtaq, Arti Sakral, Devraj Dogra, Subhash Bhardwaj, Arshad Bhat 2017, 'Primary angiosarcoma of chest wall inside out: A rare presentation', Nasza Dermatologia Onlinehttp://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2017-3-19-angiosarcoma/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)