Angiosarcoma of the scalp presenting in association with borderline malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast.
Phyllodes tumours and angiosarcoma are both rare mesenchymal tumours. There are no reports of their coexistence in the literature except in families with germline p53 mutations. Here we report a case of an elderly woman who developed an extensive angiosarcoma of the scalp nearly 4 years after surgical removal of a borderline malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast. The scalp lesion was initially thought more likely to be a metastasis of her first rare tumour than a second equally rare primary tumour, but histologically this was not the case. The case and the literature are discussed.
Harden
Susan V
SV
Department of Oncology Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UY UK.
Ball
Richard Y
RY
Harnett
Adrian N
AN