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Published on: July 5, 2021
Skull base trauma: Masking, stimulating or neutral factor for the insidious development of angiosarcoma in a
K Brust1, P Nogal1, D Miętkiewska-Leszniewska1
1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego Street 49, 60-355 Poznań, Poland.
Abstract:
Angiosarcoma is a malignancy of endothelial tumor and represents 1-2% of all soft tissue sarcomas, uncommonly found in the head and neck region. The etiology is not clear but there are definite risk factors including chronic lymphoedema, history of radiation, environmental carcinogens and certain familial syndromes. Presented here is a case of a patient treated due to the skull base trauma and diagnosed with this type of tumor.
