Post-Radiation Angiosarcoma (PRA) of the Small Bowel: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

SURGERIES(2023)

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Angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasia of endothelial cells which represents only 2% of all soft-tissue tumors and frequently occurs in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is classified in two groups: the first is represented by primary angiosarcoma, which includes cutaneous and breast angiosarcoma; the second is constituted by secondary angiosarcoma, which is related to radiation therapy, lymphedema, exposure to some chemical toxins, and familiar syndromes. Post-radiation intestinal angiosarcoma is a special type of secondary angiosarcoma, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of radiation-induced small bowel angiosarcoma in an 88-year-old female patient who was admitted to our department for abdominal pain and signs of intestinal obstruction. Her clinical history included previous radiotherapy treatments after a hysterectomy for uterine fibroids, excision of the vaginal stump for squamous cell carcinoma, and the surgical removal of a left-leg cutaneous angiosarcoma. She underwent emergency surgery, and features of peritoneal carcinomatosis were detected. A histological examination showed the presence of a small intestinal angiosarcoma. At the histochemical analysis, MYC amplification was detected, suggesting that her small bowel angiosarcoma was related to past radiation treatments.
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primary angiosarcoma,secondary angiosarcoma,radiation therapy,soft-tissue tumors,small bowel obstruction,post-radiation sarcoma
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