Metastatic angiosarcoma of unknown primary site misdiagnosed as tuberculosis

Mwakyula Issakwisa; Ngwilo Mwakyusa; Liset Torres; Cecilia Ngatunga; Baraka Chaula; Haika Maro; Lazaro Mboma; Irene Nguma; Lamla Nqwata; Leodegard Mujwahuzi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3243

Metastatic angiosarcoma of unknown primary site misdiagnosed as tuberculosis

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sep 16;8(12):3018-3023. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3243. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital and University of Dar es Salaam Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences Mbeya Tanzania.
² Department of Radiology Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital and University of Dar es Salaam Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences Mbeya Tanzania.
³ Department of Pathology Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital and University of Dar es Salaam Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences Mbeya Tanzania.
⁴ Department of Surgery Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital and University of Dar es Salaam Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences Mbeya Tanzania.
⁵ Division of Pulmonology Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital Bertsham South Africa.
⁶ University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa.

Abstract

Tuberculosis in endemic areas is likely to be overdiagnosed in patients with atypical clinical and imaging findings mimicking tuberculosis, as in our case of angiosarcoma. Detailed history, physical examination, imaging, and histopathology avert diagnosis of tumors as tuberculosis in resource-limited settings, where countless diseases have common clinical and imaging presentations.

Keywords: cardiovascular disorders; oncology; respiratory medicine.

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Case Reports