Hirotsune Nobuyuki, Terada Kinya, Meguro Toshinari, Nishino Shigeki, Asano Taku, Manabe Taketoshi, Toi Yoichiro
Department of Neurological Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, 7-33 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 730-8518, Japan.
No Shinkei Geka. 2005 Oct;33(10):995-9.
A 76-year-old male developed a hemorrhagic nodule and a surrounding purple-red, irregularly shaped macule on his scalp after head trauma. The diagnosis of angiosarcoma was confirmed histologically. A transarterial feeder embolization was performed followed by a surgical excision. It was effective for bleeding from a tumor, and superselective catheterization was important for this specific tumor. The early diagnosis by neurosurgeon may lead to improved survival.