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Published on: February 17, 2019
Post-irradiation cutaneous angiosarcoma
Rohtesh S Mehta1, Michael Mikhail
1Resident (PGY-3), Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Catholic Medical Center/Drexel University School of Medicine, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, 1500 Lansdowne Avenue, Medical Science Building, Darby, PA, 19023, USA. rohtesh@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Angiosarcoma is a rare and highly malignant tumor with potential to recur despite treatment, and carries a poor prognosis. Previous radiation therapy and lymphedema are some of the known risk factors. We present a case of cutaneous angiosarcoma which occurred at lumpectomy site in a patient with a history of breast cancer and radiation to the breast. The tumor kept on recurring repetitively despite continual treatments, and the patient finally succumbed to the disease roughly four years after initial diagnosis.