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Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity
Angiosarcoma (AS) is an uncommon malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels. These are aggressive tumors and tend to recur locally, spread widely with high rate of lymph node and systemic metastases. They are more f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854638 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_92_17 |
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author | Tambe, Swagata A. Nayak, Chitra S. |
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description | Angiosarcoma (AS) is an uncommon malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels. These are aggressive tumors and tend to recur locally, spread widely with high rate of lymph node and systemic metastases. They are more frequent in skin and soft tissue, head and neck being the most common sites. Here we report a case of metastatic AS affecting lower extremity in an elderly patient on a background of chronic lymphedema due to filariasis (Stewart–Treves syndrome). |
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spelling | pubmed-59568652018-05-31 Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity Tambe, Swagata A. Nayak, Chitra S. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Angiosarcoma (AS) is an uncommon malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels. These are aggressive tumors and tend to recur locally, spread widely with high rate of lymph node and systemic metastases. They are more frequent in skin and soft tissue, head and neck being the most common sites. Here we report a case of metastatic AS affecting lower extremity in an elderly patient on a background of chronic lymphedema due to filariasis (Stewart–Treves syndrome). Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5956865/ /pubmed/29854638 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_92_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tambe, Swagata A. Nayak, Chitra S. Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity |
title | Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity |
title_full | Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity |
title_fullStr | Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity |
title_full_unstemmed | Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity |
title_short | Metastatic Angiosarcoma of Lower Extremity |
title_sort | metastatic angiosarcoma of lower extremity |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854638 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_92_17 |
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