Key result
Histopathologic diagnosis confirmed the clinical suspicion of cutaneous angiosarcoma in an elderly man.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the presentation of cutaneous angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive malignant tumor, in an elderly man.
May prompt biopsy for atypical lesions in elderly patients; single case leaves open questions on incidence and management.
Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor showing blood or lymphatic vessel differentiation, corresponding to < 2% of all sarcomas. It preferably affects elderly, with predilection for the head and neck. Diagnosis is frequently late due to the early interpretation by the patient as a benign lesion similar to ecchymosis, which explains its aggressiveness with high metastasis and recurrence rates. We report the case of an elderly man whose histopathologic diagnosis confirmed the clinical suspicion of cutaneous angiosarcoma.
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Rampinelli et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Cutaneous angiosarcoma (n=1). Histopathologic diagnosis confirmed the clinical suspicion of cutaneous angiosarcoma in an elderly man.
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