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Category: Volume 09 Issue 10 October 2021
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Title: Angiosarcoma over Scalp:  A Case Report and Review of Literature

Authors: Dr Amar Singh, Dr Ghanshyam Kumar Verma, Madhu Rana, Dr Narender Kumar

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v9i10.09

Abstract

Angiosarcomas are rare vascular malignancies, with a tendency to spread extensively both locally and systemically; present with metastasis in approximately 20% of patients.  Bruise like patches on the face and scalp of elderly patients should raise the index of suspicion for angiosarcoma. We present a 56 year male patient with slowly widening induration, ulceration and oozing for 5 months on the scalp. The diagnosis of cutaneous angiosarcoma was made by histopathology of biopsy material taken from the involved area of the skin.

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Corresponding Author

Dr Narender Kumar

Medical officer specialist (ENT), Civil Hospital Tissa, H.P. India