Table 1.: Cases of angiosarcoma with spontaneous pneumothorax reported since 1978.

Serial
No*
No. of
Patients
Age/Sex Clinical
Presentation
Computed Tomography
Findings
Involved
Organs
Literature
1 1 65/m† Recurrent
pneumothorax
Peripheral solid nodules and
infiltrates, pleural effusion
Scalp Medicina 2014; 74: 227-8
2 1 62/m Cough, hemoptysis,
pneumothorax
Multiple thin-walled
cysts, a few nodules
Scalp Chin Med J 2013; 126(21): 4197
3 1 Not available Pneumothorax Thin-walled cysts Scalp Hum Pathol 2013; 44(12): 2751-9
4 1 71/f † Bilateral
pneumothorax
Nodular ground
glass opacities, multiple
diffuse cavities and cysts
Absent Am J Respir Crit Care Med
2013; 188(6): 749
5 1 83/m Pneumothorax Lung cysts Scalp Ann Thorac Surg 2012; 94: e77-8
6 1 83/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
Thin-walled cysts Scalp Chest 2011; 139(6): 1536-9
7 1 68/m Pneumothorax Thin-walled cavities Absent Kyobu Geka 2008; 61(9): 779-83
8 10 Not available Pneumothorax Thin-walled cavities
and ground glass
 attenuation
Scalp Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi
2008; 46(2): 85-91 (case series)
9 1 86/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
Thin-walled cavity Scalp Surg Today 2006; 36(10): 919-22
10 1 63/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
Multiple cystic, cavitary,
nodular lesions
Scalp J Formos Med Assoc
2006; 105(3): 238-41
11 1 68/m Pneumothorax No CT imaging Scalp J Korean Med Sci 2003; 18(2): 277-80
12 1 81/f Pneumothorax No CT imaging Scalp Eur J Dermatol 2001; 11(6): 584-6
13 1 79/f Pneumothorax Thin-walled cavity Scalp Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi
1998; 36(12): 1058-61
14 1 Not available Pneumothorax No CT imaging Breast Chest 1997; 111: 280-5 (review)
15 1 80/f Pneumothorax Not available Scalp Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi
1995; 33(11): 1334-7
16 1 68/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
Subpleural lesion Kidney Chest 1994; 106(4): 1274-6
17 1 57/m Pneumothorax,
hemoptysis
Cystic lesion Scalp RadioGraphics 1993; 13: 1153-5
18 1 69/m Pneumothorax Thin-walled cavitary lesions Scalp Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi
1993; 31(4): 534-7
19 1 72/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
Multiple cystic lesions Scalp Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi
1993; 31(4): 498-500
20 1 77/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
No CT imaging Scalp Br J Radiol 1990; 63(746): 132-4
21 1 75/m Bilateral
pneumothorax
Multiple ill-defined
peripheral nodules
Heart Thorax 1989; 44: 78-9
22 1 44/f Bilateral
pneumothorax
No CT imaging Breast Clin Radiol 1987; 38(2): 201-2
23 1 69/m Pneumothorax Multiple cystic nodular
lesions in plain radiographs
Scalp Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat
Histopathol 1987; 412(1): 83-7
24 1 15/m Pneumothorax No CT imaging Heart Semin Roentgenol 1978; 13(2): 83-4

*Number, †male, ‡female.