Treatment of primary pure angiosarcoma of ovary with multiple lung metastases: a case report

Angiosarcomas rarely involve the female genital tract. There have only been sporadic case reports of angiosarcomas of the cervix, uterus, vagina, para metrium, broad ligament and pelvis, and only 11 well-documented case report s of primary ovarian angiosarcoma in the English language literature to dat e. We present a case of primary pure ovarian angiosarcoma with lung metasta sis that had partial response after chemotherapy with adriamycin and ifosfa mide. But pulmonary hemorrhage and respiratory failure resulted in her deat h 7 months after initial diagnosis.