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Angiossarcoma de cabeça e pescoço do idoso: um relato de caso
Soares, Erika Belizário; Lopes, Emily Mourão Soares; Sena, Érica Bezerra de; Bezerra, Kalina Ribeiro Fontenele; Dantas, Amanda Maria MenezesAngiosarcoma is an uncommon, aggressive vascular neoplasm with variable clinical presentation and difficult diagnosis, presenting high rates of local recurrence, early metastasis and poor prognosis. Angiosarcoma involving the face and scalp of elderly patients is a rare subtype, it affects more commonly men than women and it is discretely more prevalent in Caucasian patients. The treatment of choice is extensiv...
Hemangioendotelioma de células em Hobnail simulando angiossarcoma : relato de caso
Furtado, Emily Mourão Soares Lopes; Soares, Érika Belizário; Sena, Erica Bezerra de; Bezerra, Kalina Ribeiro Fontenele; Dantas, Amanda Maria MenezesHobnail hemangioendothelioma – including Dabska and Retiform hemangioendothelioma – is a rare vascular neoplasm that behaves as a low-grade angiosarcoma. In this case report, a 40-year-old female reports a progressively growing erythematous plaque in left temporo-parietal region that progressed with ulceration and secondary infection. The patient was admitted for intravenous antibiotic therapy and biopsy. Histo...