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 discu
Chemotherapy of vinyl chloride-associated hepatic angiosarcoma
โ Scribed by Charles L. Dannaher; Carlo H. Tamburro; Lung T. Yam
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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