title: [Angiosarcoma of the nasal cavity. Report of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine University of Milan, Humanitas Clinical Institute, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. luca.di_tommaso@humanitas.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Tommaso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miceli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poletti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roncalli
mesh_terms: 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