Shetty Meenakshi, Bhat Raghavendra, Kodan Parul
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College , Mangalore, Karnataka, India .
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, KMC, Kasturba Medical College , Mangalore, Karnataka, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Feb;9(2):XD12-XD13. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/10561.5591. Epub 2015 Feb 1.
Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare vascular tumour especially of elderly males. We present a rare case of elderly female who presented with scalp lesion, parotid swelling and posed a diagnostic challenge. Further work up including biopsy of the lesion revealed the diagnosis of cutaneous angiosarcoma. Rarity of the case due to presence of this rare tumour in a darkcolored female and wide spread presentation of the tumour prompted us to report the case. This case adds to the literature of few cases describing this rare tumour in Indian subcontinent. It attempts to alert the clinicians of this entity, as early diagnosis of the tumour may possibly improve the already known dismal prognosis!
皮肤血管肉瘤是一种罕见的血管肿瘤，尤其好发于老年男性。我们报告了一例罕见的老年女性病例，该患者表现为头皮病变、腮腺肿大，给诊断带来了挑战。进一步的检查，包括病变活检，确诊为皮肤血管肉瘤。由于该罕见肿瘤出现在一名肤色较深的女性身上且肿瘤广泛播散，使得该病例较为罕见，促使我们报告此病例。该病例补充了印度次大陆少数描述这种罕见肿瘤的文献。它试图提醒临床医生注意这一实体，因为肿瘤的早期诊断可能会改善已为人知的较差预后！
