Volume 29, Issue 8 pp. 410-412

Gingival and cutaneous angiosarcoma

Bashar H. Abdullah

Bashar H. Abdullah

Department of Oral Diagnosis, College of Dentistry

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Hassan I. Yahya

Hassan I. Yahya

Department of Medicine, College of Medicine

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Nazar A. Talabani

Nazar A. Talabani

Department of Oral Diagnosis, College of Dentistry

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Nawal I. Alash

Nawal I. Alash

Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and

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Khalid B. Mirza

Khalid B. Mirza

Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

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First published: 04 January 2002
Citations: 14
Correspondence to:Bashar H. Abdullah
P.O. Box 50912 Al’Maamoon, Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

Abstract: Multiple oral and cutaneous nodular and papular reddish-blue lesions are described in the case of a 60-year-old woman. The duration of the lesions was more than 1 year, with the oral lesion preceding the skin lesions. Histopathological examination revealed malignant vascular tumour with changes consistent with angiosarcoma. Angiosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant tumour of the oral cavity, and the present case describes oral and skin lesions with a unique clinical behaviour.

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