title: Primary cutaneous metaplastic carcinoma: report of a case involving angiosarcoma.
abstract: Primary cutaneous metaplastic carcinoma is an uncommon cutaneous malignancy comprising a mixture of epithelial and mesenchymal components. The former is most frequently a squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma, and the latter is most typically a pleomorphic sarcoma or atypical fibroxanthoma. We describe the first primary cutaneous metaplastic carcinoma with angiosarcoma as the mesenchymal component arising on the scalp of a 90-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Dermatology), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Sara M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kantrow
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008679:Metaplasia; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor