A Case of Angiosarcoma on the Scalp

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  • Jung Jae-Min (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Park Dae-Hwan (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Song Chul-Hong (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 정재민 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 박대환 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 송철홍 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실)
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

Angiosarcoma is a rare and high aggressive malignant tumor originated from endothelial cell. Angiosarcoma has four clinical types that are in the scalp and face of old age, in chronic lymphedema, in previously irradiated sites, and malignant angioendothlioma. We report one case of angiosarcoma of the scalp in a 74-year-old male patient. The patient had $4.0{\times}4.5cm,\;4.0{\times}3.5cm$ sized, localized, asymmetric several dome-shaped nodule and plaque with crust and ulcer on the parieto-frontal area of the scalp. We performed wide excision and subsequently covered with split-thickness skin graft. Postoperatively the patient underwent radiotherapy for prevention of recurrence and he had been followed up for 1 year without evidence of recurrence.

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