1. Foamy cell angiosarcoma: a rare and deceptively bland variant of cutaneous angiosarcoma.
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Tatsas AD, Keedy VL, Florell SR, Simpson JF, Coffin CM, Kelley MC, and Cates JM
- Subjects
- Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Forehead pathology, Humans, Male, Shoulder pathology, Young Adult, Foam Cells pathology, Granuloma pathology, Head and Neck Neoplasms pathology, Hemangiosarcoma pathology, Skin Neoplasms pathology, Xanthomatosis pathology
- Abstract
Cutaneous angiosarcoma can sometimes mimic other benign and malignant lesions, thereby presenting a difficult differential diagnosis. In the two cases of cutaneous angiosarcoma presented herein, extensive foamy cell alteration of tumor cells resembled a reactive xanthogranulomatous process. Foamy cell angiosarcoma is an unusual and deceptively benign morphologic variant of cutaneous angiosarcoma. Critical features for diagnosis include the presence of a deep, permeative, sometimes 'scaffolding' growth pattern and subtle areas of vascular formation.
- Published
- 2010
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