Angiosarcoma of the penis with hepatic angiomas in a patient with low vinyl chloride exposure
✍ Scribed by Latifa Ghandur-Mnaymneh; Mario S. Gonzalez
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 849 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
A case of angiosarcoma of the penis associated with two hepatic angiomata in a 61-year-old man is presented. The patient had worked in a polyvinyl chloride factory as an accountant for ten years. The relationship of this low vinyl chloride exposure to the development of the vascular lesions is discussed with a review of the experimental and epidemiologic data on this subject.
Cancer 47:1318-1324, 1981.
NGIOSARCOMA of the penis is an extremely rare A lesion. About 32 cases have been reported up until the present.1.2.G-".1".2r,."' Its occurrence in a patient who worked on the premises of factories handling vinyl chloride (VC) and the presence of two hepatic angiornas is a unique and most unusual association.