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Unusual Clinical Presentation of Cutaneous Angiosarcoma Masquerading as Eczema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

An unusual case of cutaneous angiosarcoma clinically mimicking eczema is described. A 98-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 6-month history of a flesh-colored, subcutaneous nodule on his left forehead with contralateral facial erythema and scaling that had been previously diagnosed as eczema....

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Autores principales: Trinh, Nhat Q., Rashed, Issra, Hutchens, Kelli A., Go, Aileen, Melian, Edward, Tung, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24222869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/906426
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Rashed, Issra
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Melian, Edward
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description An unusual case of cutaneous angiosarcoma clinically mimicking eczema is described. A 98-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 6-month history of a flesh-colored, subcutaneous nodule on his left forehead with contralateral facial erythema and scaling that had been previously diagnosed as eczema. Despite treatments with topical steroids and moisturizers, the condition did not resolve. At our clinic, excisional biopsy of the forehead lesion and scouting biopsies from the contralateral cheek were performed which revealed cutaneous angiosarcoma. The described case illustrates that dermatitis-like features should be considered as a rare clinical manifestation of cutaneous angiosarcoma. It also demonstrates that these lesions may respond well to radiotherapy as a single modality.
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spelling pubmed-38140702013-11-11 Unusual Clinical Presentation of Cutaneous Angiosarcoma Masquerading as Eczema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Trinh, Nhat Q. Rashed, Issra Hutchens, Kelli A. Go, Aileen Melian, Edward Tung, Rebecca Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report An unusual case of cutaneous angiosarcoma clinically mimicking eczema is described. A 98-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 6-month history of a flesh-colored, subcutaneous nodule on his left forehead with contralateral facial erythema and scaling that had been previously diagnosed as eczema. Despite treatments with topical steroids and moisturizers, the condition did not resolve. At our clinic, excisional biopsy of the forehead lesion and scouting biopsies from the contralateral cheek were performed which revealed cutaneous angiosarcoma. The described case illustrates that dermatitis-like features should be considered as a rare clinical manifestation of cutaneous angiosarcoma. It also demonstrates that these lesions may respond well to radiotherapy as a single modality. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3814070/ /pubmed/24222869 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/906426 Text en Copyright © 2013 Nhat Q. Trinh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Unusual Clinical Presentation of Cutaneous Angiosarcoma Masquerading as Eczema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort unusual clinical presentation of cutaneous angiosarcoma masquerading as eczema: a case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24222869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/906426
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