An Ecchymosis with Fulminant Evolution

We present the case of an 83-year-old woman who presented with an advanced cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head. The tumor had first appeared as a small ecchymosis on her forehead 3 months before admission. There was an extremely rapid and dramatic evolution, as evidenced by photographic documentation...

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Autores principales: Michelerio, Andrea, Barruscotti, Stefania, Rizzo, Nathalie, Tomasini, Carlo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34940034
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8040057
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author Michelerio, Andrea
Barruscotti, Stefania
Rizzo, Nathalie
Tomasini, Carlo
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description We present the case of an 83-year-old woman who presented with an advanced cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head. The tumor had first appeared as a small ecchymosis on her forehead 3 months before admission. There was an extremely rapid and dramatic evolution, as evidenced by photographic documentation by her relatives. Unfortunately, the delay in access to the healthcare system due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and the fulminant growth were the main determinants for our patient outcome.
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spelling pubmed-87004902021-12-24 An Ecchymosis with Fulminant Evolution Michelerio, Andrea Barruscotti, Stefania Rizzo, Nathalie Tomasini, Carlo Dermatopathology (Basel) Case Report We present the case of an 83-year-old woman who presented with an advanced cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head. The tumor had first appeared as a small ecchymosis on her forehead 3 months before admission. There was an extremely rapid and dramatic evolution, as evidenced by photographic documentation by her relatives. Unfortunately, the delay in access to the healthcare system due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and the fulminant growth were the main determinants for our patient outcome. MDPI 2021-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8700490/ /pubmed/34940034 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8040057 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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