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Cutaneous angiosarcomas with a starry-sky pattern

K J Smith¹, G P Lupton, H G Skelton

¹National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md 20814-6000, USA.

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

|September 26, 1997

Summary

A unique starry-sky pattern in epithelioid angiosarcomas indicates a rapidly fatal prognosis. Early diagnosis of this aggressive cancer is crucial for patient outcomes.

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Background:

Epithelioid angiosarcoma is a rare malignant vascular tumor.
A distinct subset of epithelioid angiosarcomas exhibits a prominent starry-sky histologic pattern.
The clinical and prognostic significance of this pattern requires further investigation.