Acta Medica (Jan 2012)

A Non Healing Ulcer on Scalp

  • Deepal J. Deshpande,
  • Chitra S. Nayak,
  • Sunil N. Mishra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.77
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 1
pp. 53 – 55

Abstract

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Angiosarcoma is a soft tissue tumour with a dismal prognosis. We present a 74 year old male presenting with a non healing ulcer on the scalp. On histopathology a diagnosis of angiosarcoma was made. An early diagnosis and tumour size play a pivotal role in the survival of the patient.

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