Key result
A 73-year-old man with a low-grade well-differentiated angiosarcoma exhibited unusually slow progression, with a 30-month delay to presentation and a survival time of 5.5 years.
Why the study?
Cutaneous angiosarcomas are aggressive soft tissue tumours carrying a poor prognosis, but unusually indolent presentations remain poorly characterized.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights an unusually indolent presentation of cutaneous angiosarcoma, emphasizing the need for repeat biopsy when clinical suspicion is high but initial results are inconclusive.
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Unusually indolent cutaneous angiosarcoma with clinical-pathological staging discordance occurs; leaves open questions on prognostic factors and optimal management.
Cutaneous angiosarcomas are rare soft tissue tumours originating from hematogenous vasculature that are aggressive and carry a poor prognosis. We describe the case of a 73-year-old man with a low-grade well-differentiated angiosarcoma. Our case distinguishes itself from those previously reported in the slow progression and important delay to the presentation of 30 months and survival time of 5.5 years. Additionally, its severe clinical appearance (T2 stage) but milder pathological picture (T1 stage) is very uncommon. A repeat biopsy is warranted when results are inconclusive and there is a high clinical suspicion of angiosarcoma.
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Rohr et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Cutaneous angiosarcoma (n=1). A 73-year-old man with a low-grade well-differentiated angiosarcoma exhibited unusually slow progression, with a 30-month delay to presentation and a survival time of 5.5 years.
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