Angiosarcoma of the Scalp and Face: A Hard to Treat Tumor

Jmour Omar*, Kochbati Lotfi , Ghith Sahar and Benna Farouk

Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor of vascular origin. Multimodality treatment including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy should be used according to age and local spread. Prognosis is poor with a 5-year survival of 10-15%. We report the case of an angiosarcoma of the scalp and face treated with sequential contact radiotherapy and chemotherapy. After local response, the patient progressed in non-irradiated zone then had liver metastasis.

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Published on: Apr 15, 2017 Pages: 26-29

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