Highlights a rare presentation of cutaneous angiosarcoma in the periorbital area mimicking other benign conditions.
Consider malignancy in atypical periorbital lesions; case extends phenotypic spectrum but leaves diagnostic algorithms open.
Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare tumour of vascular origin, which has a poor prognosis because of its high potential for metastasis. We report the case of a 57-year-old man with an 8-month history of a progressively enlarging, asymptomatic red patch over the left periorbital region of the face, previously diagnosed as angiolupoid leishmaniasis, insect-bites, 'cellulitis' and treated with several topical antibiotic and steroid therapy, without any improvement. A skin biopsy of the lesion was performed and histological and immunohistochemical examination revealed a pattern of poorly differentiated angiosarcoma. The peculiarity of the localization at the periorbital area and the particular clinical presentation are emphasized.
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