title: [Angiosarcoma of the nasal septum].
abstract: This is a report on a female patient, 37 years old, with a polypous, sessile tumor on the nasal septum covered by smooth mucous membrane. She was treated with local excision. The histological diagnosis was an angiosarcoma, confirmed by immunohistological stain with factor VIII-like antigen, thrombomodulin, and UEA. She currently remains free of the disease 12 months after diagnosis. Angiosarcoma in the head and neck area and especially the localization in the nasal septum are extremely rare. Prognosis, differential diagnosis, metastasis formation, and therapy of this tumor are presented.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Marienhospitals Stuttgart.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karapantzos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Behrmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kehl
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Markmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor