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Angiosarcoma arising in an angiomatous naevus following irradiation in childhood
Author(s) -
HANDFIELDJONES S.E.,
KENNEDY C.T.C.,
BRADFIELD J.B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1988.tb01758.x
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , medicine , hemangiosarcoma , radiation therapy , nevus , dermatology , pathology , radiology , melanoma , cancer research
summary We describe a patient who developed an angiosarcoma on her face at the age of 24. The tumour arose from an angiomatous naevus that had been treated with radiotherapy when the patient was 7 months old.