Primary angiosarcoma of neck nodes with bony metastasis - A case report.
This is a case of a 30 year old female who presented in February 2012 with a large painless left neck swelling since 5 months. Her biopsy was done but the result was inconclusive. Later on after proper staging workup it was found to be bony metastatic disease. Her repeated biopsy showed spindle cell lesion. She was advised surgery, which was done revealing poorly differentiated angiosarcoma involving 27 out of 33 lymph nodes. Angiosarcoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled spaces. Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the scalp and face is the most common form of angiosarcoma. Angiosarcoma of the cervical lymph node without a primary scalp or oral cavity lesion is a very rare presentation and has been reported only once. Thus, this case reported with bony metastasis can be labeled as the first of its kind.
['Ashiq Ali|Shabbir Hussain|SH|', 'Akhtar Mallick|Mohammad Jawaid|MJ|', 'Javed|Ayesha|A|', 'Lakhan|Abdul Hafeez|AH|']
D000328:Adult D001706:Biopsy D001859:Bone Neoplasms D003937:Diagnosis, Differential D005260:Female D006394:Hemangiosarcoma D006801:Humans D007150:Immunohistochemistry D008198:Lymph Nodes D009333:Neck D037981:Neck Dissection D060787:Neoplasm Grading D009367:Neoplasm Staging D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography D019043:Vascular Neoplasms
Angiosarcoma, Neck nodes, Bony metastasis, Vascular neoplasm.