[Angiosarcoma of the nasal cavity. Report of a case and review of the literature].
We report an unusual case of primary angiosarcoma of the nasal cavity (AS-nc). Clinical--monolateral epistaxis in a young person--, radiological--polypoid hemorrhagic tumor arising within the nasal cavity and expanding into paranasal sinuses--, pathological--a network of anastomosing channels and solid areas immunoreactive for CD31 and CD34--and prognostic features--patient alive and well 36 months after the original diagnosis--are superimposable to those of previously reported AS-nc, suggesting that this lesion should be considered as a peculiar variant of classical AS.
Di Tommaso
L
L
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine University of Milan, Humanitas Clinical Institute, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. luca.di_tommaso@humanitas.it
Colombo
G
G
Miceli
S
S
Ferrari
B
B
Santoro
A
A
Poletti
A
A
Roncalli
M
M
D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery