Open AccessCutaneous angiosarcoma of head and neck
Author(s) -
Rita V Vora,
Gopikrishnan Anjaneyan,
Rajat Das Gupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.143575
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , medicine , pathology , hemangiosarcoma , cervical lymph nodes , lymphatic system , cheek , lymph , head and neck , biopsy , atypia , nuclear atypia , neck dissection , cervical lymphadenopathy , immunohistochemistry , radiology , anatomy , metastasis , carcinoma , cancer , surgery , disease
Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare aggressive tumor of capillary and lymphatic endothelial cell origin. Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck regions seems to be a distinctive neoplasm with characteristic clinicopathologic features that differ from angiosarcoma in other anatomic locations. Angiosarcoma, regardless of their setting, has a bad prognosis. We presented here a case of 80 years old male, with multiple nontender grouped purple to red hemorrhagic vesicular and bullous lesions over left lower cheek and upper neck area, with bilateral cervical lymph nodes since 1 month. Computed tomography thorax showed nodular opacities in the right upper and midzones. Excisional biopsy showed characterstic "dissection of collagen" with mild nuclear atypia. Immunohistochemistry showed tumor cell positive for CD-31 and Fli-1. Patient died within 1 month of presentation