2015 Volume 57 Issue 4 Pages 1158-1163
An 81-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for detailed examination of abdominal pain and anemia. Multiple flat, elevated, red-to-reddish brown lesions were observed in almost all areas of the gastrointestinal tract including the stomach and rectum, and the diagnosis of angiosarcoma was confirmed following a biopsy of the duodenal lesions. The patient could not undergo treatment for the angiosarcoma because of her poor general condition consequent to multiple bone and lymph node metastases. Multicentric angiosarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract is very rare. Features of this case may be useful to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of angiosarcoma.
