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.
Angiosarcoma della cavità nasale : descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura / L. Di Tommaso, G. Colombo, S. Miceli, B. Ferrari, A. Santoro, A. Poletti, M. Roncalli. - In: PATHOLOGICA. - ISSN 0031-2983. - 99:3(2007 Jun), pp. 76-80.
Angiosarcoma della cavità nasale : descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura
L. Di Tommaso;M. Roncalli
2007
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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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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