[UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING CAUSED BY BREAST ANGIOSARCOMA METASTASIS LOCATED IN THE GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION]

Harefuah. 2022 Aug;161(8):478-480.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

Angiosarcomas are rare and aggressive tumors that originate from endothelial cells and make up roughly 2-3% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Breast angiosarcomas may be idiopathic or secondary to radiation therapy or chronic lymphatic edema. Primary angiosarcoma of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is rare and usually causes abdominal pain or GI bleeding. In this case report, we present a patient who appeared with upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to a radiation-induced breast angiosarcoma metastatic lesion in the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ). To the best of our knowledge, breast angiosarcoma metastases to the GEJ were not previously described, and moreover, GI bleeding secondary to breast angiosarcoma GI metastases was not previously reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Esophagogastric Junction / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / complications
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / complications
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Melanoma
  • Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
  • Skin Neoplasms

Supplementary concepts

  • Angiosarcoma of the breast