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Table 1 Review of reported seven cases (including this case) with intestinal metastasis of angiosarcoma

From: Small bowel perforation due to indistinguishable metastasis of angiosarcoma: case report and brief literature review

Authors, year of publication (reference number)

Age, sex

Primary tumor site

Site of intestinal metastasis

Symptom at presentation

Visible or tactile tumor at the site of perforation

Operative procedure

Outcome and time after surgery

Schmid E et al., 1984 [6]

75, M

Aorta, bone

Terminal ileum

Hemorrhage

Present (visible hemorrhage)

Ileocecal resection

Dead, approximately 14 months

Kunkel D et al., 1993 [7]

Aorta

Massive small intestine

Hemorrhage

Bandorski D et al., 2002 [9]

75, M

Thyroid

Massive small intestine

Hemorrhage

Multiple jejunal and ileal resection

Hsu JT et al., 2005 [10]

49, M

Spleen

Small intestine

Hemorrhage

Present (visible hemorrhage)

Partial intestinal resection

Dead, 7 months

Ruffolo C et al., 2004 [3]

67, M

Scalp

Small intestine

Perforation (due to tumor ulceration)

Present (tactile ulcer)

Intestinal wedge resection

Dead, 16 days (due to respiratory distress)

Santonja C et al., 2001 [8]

64, F

Aorta

Ileum

Perforation (due to tumor cell embolization in intestinal artery)

Absent

Right ileocolectomy

Dead, 18 days (due to acute renal failure, and liver infarction)

Uchihara et al., 2015

(Current case)[22]

72, M

Scalp

Jejunum

Perforation (due to invisible metastatic-tumor-cell penetration)

Absent

Partial jejunal resection

Dead, 23 days (due to hemorrhagic shock due to hemothorax)

  1. “―” means no data available