Key result
Wilson-Jones angiosarcoma of the scalp presented with a two-year history of facial edema and partial hair loss in a 72-year-old female and was diagnosed via skin biopsy.
Why the study?
Wilson-Jones angiosarcoma is a rare aggressive cutaneous blood vessel tumor.
Case report describing a rare presentation of Wilson-Jones angiosarcoma of the scalp associated with alopecia and facial edema.
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Biopsy persistent facial edema with alopecia to exclude angiosarcoma; leaves open optimal diagnostic thresholds for this rare entity.
Wilson–Jones angiosarcoma is one of cutaneous angiosarcomas, which is a rare aggressive tumor of blood vessels of the skin. In this case report, we present a 72-year-old female who developed multiple episodes of facial edema of 2-year duration along with partial hair loss of the scalp. Investigations, including a skin biopsy, were diagnostic of scalp angiosarcoma.
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Enany et al. (2022) studied this question. Wilson-Jones angiosarcoma of the scalp presented with a two-year history of facial edema and partial hair loss in a 72-year-old female and was diagnosed via skin biopsy.
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