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Wide surgical resection of a congenital angiosarcoma of the scalp in a one-month-old boy resulted in no signs of local recurrence or metastasis after 15 months of follow-up.
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Wide surgical resection of congenital angiosarcoma in a neonate resulted in no recurrence or metastasis at 15 months, suggesting potentially favorable clinical behavior in congenital cases.
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Hypothesis-generating for indolent behavior after resection in neonatal congenital angiosarcoma; larger studies needed before practice change.
Introduction: Angiosarcoma, originating from vessels, constitutes about 0.2% to 0.3% of all pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. Prognosis of angiosarcoma is poor and depends on patient’s age, tumor location, size, histological grade and extent of tumor progression. Case Presentation: We report a rare case of a congenital angiosarcoma of scalp with dural and skull bone invasion in a one-month-old boy. His mother noticed the mass 2 days after birth as a very small insignificant nodule, but it grew rapidly afterward. Conclusions: The treatment consisted of only a wide surgical resection. After 15 months there was no sign of local recurrence or metastasis was noticeable and the tumor showed favorable outcome. This case indicates the possibility of a better clinical behavior in congenital angiosarcoma.
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Shokripour et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Congenital angiosarcoma (n=1). Wide surgical resection was evaluated on Local recurrence or metastasis. Wide surgical resection of a congenital angiosarcoma of the scalp in a one-month-old boy resulted in no signs of local recurrence or metastasis after 15 months of follow-up.
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