Systemic Sclerosis Associated Angiosarcoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
International Journal of Dermatology and Clinical Research
Case Report
Cutaneous
angiosarcoma is an uncommon malignant vascular tumor with a highly variable presentation.
It most commonly occurs on the head and neck of elderly Caucasian men, while
less commonly on the skin of persons with pre-existing conditions or cutaneous
lesions. To date, only three reports of angiosarcoma arising on the head and
neck of individuals with systemic sclerosis exist in the literature. We report
the fourth case: a 58 year-old African-American female with systemic sclerosis
who developed an epithelioid subtype of cutaneous angiosarcoma on the right
elbow, rather than the head and neck region.
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