May 28, 2003The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of the Bone
Population
10 patients with epithelioid angiosarcoma of bone (8 males, 2 females, age 26-83 years, mean 62 years)
Design
Case_series
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Caution required to avoid misdiagnosing epithelioid bone angiosarcoma as carcinoma; case report leaves open optimal marker panels.
Structured PICO
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Population
10 patients with epithelioid angiosarcoma of bone (8 males, 2 females, age 26-83 years, mean 62 years)
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Outcome
Clinical and pathologic features, including immunohistochemical staining and ultrastructural examination
Epithelioid angiosarcoma of bone can mimic metastatic carcinoma and requires endothelial markers like CD31 for accurate diagnosis to ensure appropriate treatment.
Cite This Study
Deshpande et al. (2003) studied this question.