Primary eyelid angiosarcoma in a Chinese patient.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of primary eyelid angiosarcoma and review the literature to emphasize aware of this rare disease.


METHODS
We report a further case which is the first Chinese primary eyelid angiosarcoma in the literature. A 76-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of a painless lesion on her left eyelid. The patient finally proved to be angiosarcoma on histopathologic and be treated with complete surgical excision with a frozen section margin control. With a 6 months follow-up, we haven't found any symptoms of recurrence or metastasis.


CONCLUSIONS
Cutaneous angiosarcoma with eyelid is a rare, soft-tissue sarcoma of endothelial cell origin that is aggressive malignancy and has a poor prognosis. In our case report, the patient was treated with complete surgical excision with a frozen section margin control, and a 6 months follow-up, we haven't found any symptoms of recurrence or metastasis.
Department of Ophthalmology Wuxi No. 2 Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University 68 Zhongshan Rd, Wuxi 214002, P. R. China.
Xiaoli
X
Huang
Department of Ophthalmology Wuxi No. 2 Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University 68 Zhongshan Rd, Wuxi 214002, P. R. China.
Song
S
Sun
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002681:China; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
Eyelid; angiosarcoma; eye; surgical resection; tumor