Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma
Angiosarcoma is a cancer that is derived from endothelial cells that line blood vessels and lymphatic channels. Cutaneous angiosarcoma can appear anywhere on the skin and the clinical presentation is highly variable. Most cases appear on the scalp and face de novo. Our case describes a 91-year-old f...
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| author | Zabeer Bhatti Rameez Bhatti Sharon Brangman Kerry Whiting Amit Dhamoon |
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| description | Angiosarcoma is a cancer that is derived from endothelial cells that line blood vessels and lymphatic channels. Cutaneous angiosarcoma can appear anywhere on the skin and the clinical presentation is highly variable. Most cases appear on the scalp and face de novo. Our case describes a 91-year-old female with cutaneous scalp angiosarcoma. Our case serves to remind physicians that an abnormal skin finding in older adults should raise their index of suspicion for angiosarcoma and an early biopsy should be performed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f6450a8dde0431db9ba8ed1d865aea72025-02-03T01:31:00ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712018-01-01201810.1155/2018/84098208409820Extensive Cutaneous Scalp AngiosarcomaZabeer Bhatti0Rameez Bhatti1Sharon Brangman2Kerry Whiting3Amit Dhamoon4State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street Syracuse, NY 13210, USAAvalon University School of Medicine, 122-124 Santa Rosaweg, Curacao, NetherlandsState University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street Syracuse, NY 13210, USAState University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street Syracuse, NY 13210, USAState University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street Syracuse, NY 13210, USAAngiosarcoma is a cancer that is derived from endothelial cells that line blood vessels and lymphatic channels. Cutaneous angiosarcoma can appear anywhere on the skin and the clinical presentation is highly variable. Most cases appear on the scalp and face de novo. Our case describes a 91-year-old female with cutaneous scalp angiosarcoma. Our case serves to remind physicians that an abnormal skin finding in older adults should raise their index of suspicion for angiosarcoma and an early biopsy should be performed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8409820 |
| spellingShingle | Zabeer Bhatti Rameez Bhatti Sharon Brangman Kerry Whiting Amit Dhamoon Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| title | Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma |
| title_full | Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma |
| title_fullStr | Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma |
| title_short | Extensive Cutaneous Scalp Angiosarcoma |
| title_sort | extensive cutaneous scalp angiosarcoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8409820 |
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