Abstract
Abstract
Background
Angiosarcoma is an uncommon and highly aggressive malignant tumor. Angiosarcoma presenting as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is rare.
Case presentation
A young female who presented with history of dyspnea was found to have features of DAH on radiological evaluation. Angiosarcoma was confirmed from the histopathological examination of the underlying lung nodule. Management with the palliative chemotherapy showed clinical improvement, and resolution of changes of DAH on imaging.
Conclusion
Angiosarcomas are not usually listed in the causes of DAH. It must be considered in the differentials of DAH after ruling out the common causes.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Medicine
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