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Angiosarcoma of the scalp presented with a fulminating course in a 57-year-old man, characterized by rapid enlargement, lung metastasis, and death within five months.
Angiosarcoma of the scalp can have a fulminating course with rapid metastasis and fatality.
Alerts clinicians to potential aggressiveness of scalp angiosarcoma; single-case data leaves open standardized management approaches.
The clinical appearance, histopathology, and fulminating course of an angiosarcoma of the scalp in a 57-year-old man is described. It enlarged rapidly, developed satellite nodules, metastasized to the lungs, and was fatal within five months.
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Simon et al. (1980) studied this question. Angiosarcoma of the scalp presented with a fulminating course in a 57-year-old man, characterized by rapid enlargement, lung metastasis, and death within five months.
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