Acta Med. 2012, 55: 53-55

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.77

A Non Healing Ulcer on Scalp

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

Department of Dermatology, BYL and TNMC Nair Medical College, Mumbai

Received April 6, 2011
Accepted October 24, 2011

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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