[A woman with a "bruise" on the face].
A 95-year-old woman presented with a progressive purple blue asymptomatic tumorous plaque on her forehead, extending as a macula to the upper face, possibly arisen after a fall. Histology showed atypical epitheloid cells with vascular-lumen formation. The patient was diagnosed with cutaneous angiosarcoma. She was treated palliatively with radiotherapy.
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Dermatologie, Leiden, the Netherlands. r.e.genders@lumc.nl
Roel E
RE
Genders
Koen D
KD
Quint
Robert L
RL
van Leeuwen
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy