China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 429-430.doi: 10.12144/zgmfskin202306429

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Scalp angiosarcoma: a case report

FANG Meng1,2, RAN Delin2, ZHOU Guizhi2, LIU Yongxia2, YANG Baoqi2, WANG Guangjin2   

  1. 1 Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China;
    2 Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250022, China
  • Online:2023-06-15 Published:2023-05-18

Abstract: A 68-year-old male presented with brown nodules on the scalp for 8 months, spread and ruptured for 3 months. Pathology showed that irregular vascular lumen formation in the epidermis and hypertrophic endothelial cells with obvious atypia, suggesting angiosarcoma. Immunohistochemistry showed CD31 (+), CD34 (+), D2-40 (+), HHV8 (-). The diagnosis of scalp angiosarcoma was made.

Key words: angiosarcoma, scal