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| Caption    = Epithelioid angiosarcoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Epithelioid angiosarcoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Micro      = atypical cells - usu. spindle cells, occasionally epithelioid; vascular differentiation (abundant capillaries - "red" at low power, +/-cytoplasmic vacuolization, +/-hobnail endothelial cells)
| Micro      = atypical cells - usu. spindle cells, occasionally epithelioid; vascular differentiation (abundant capillaries - "red" at low power, +/-cytoplasmic vacuolization, +/-[[hobnail]] endothelial cells)
| Subtypes  =  
| Subtypes  =  
| LMDDx      = [[Kaposi sarcoma]], other [[vascular tumours]]
| LMDDx      = [[Kaposi sarcoma]], [[anastomosing hemangioma]], other [[vascular tumours]]
| Stains    =  
| Stains    =  
| IHC        = CD31 +ve, FLI-1 +ve, CD34 +ve, HHV-8 -ve
| IHC        = CD31 +ve, FLI-1 +ve, CD34 +ve, HHV-8 -ve
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*May arise secondary to chronic lymphedema related to [[invasive breast cancer|breast carcinoma]].
*May arise secondary to chronic lymphedema related to [[invasive breast cancer|breast carcinoma]].
**Known as ''Stewart–Treves syndrome''.<ref name=pmid18753651>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pincus | first1 = LB. | last2 = Fox | first2 = LP. | title = Images in clinical medicine. The Stewart-Treves syndrome. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 359 | issue = 9 | pages = 950 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMicm071344 | PMID = 18753651 | url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm071344}}</ref>
**Known as ''Stewart–Treves syndrome''.<ref name=pmid18753651>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pincus | first1 = LB. | last2 = Fox | first2 = LP. | title = Images in clinical medicine. The Stewart-Treves syndrome. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 359 | issue = 9 | pages = 950 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMicm071344 | PMID = 18753651 | url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm071344}}</ref>
*Association with radiation - breast,<ref name=pmid25504856>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chikarmane | first1 = SA. | last2 = Gombos | first2 = EC. | last3 = Jagadeesan | first3 = J. | last4 = Raut | first4 = C. | last5 = Jagannathan | first5 = JP. | title = MRI findings of radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast (RAS). | journal = J Magn Reson Imaging | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Dec | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1002/jmri.24822 | PMID = 25504856 }}</ref> [[urinary bladder]].<ref name=pmid25688314>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bahouth | first1 = Z. | last2 = Masarwa | first2 = I. | last3 = Halachmi | first3 = S. | last4 = Nativ | first4 = O. | title = Primary angiosarcoma of urinary bladder: 13th reported patient. | journal = Case Rep Oncol Med | volume = 2015 | issue =  | pages = 652870 | month =  | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1155/2015/652870 | PMID = 25688314 }}</ref>
*[[Hepatic angiosarcoma|Liver angiosarcoma]]s are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|212}}</ref>
*[[Hepatic angiosarcoma|Liver angiosarcoma]]s are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|212}}</ref>
*Cutaneous angiosarcomas are classically seen on the head and neck of whites over 60 years old.<ref name=pmid>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Albores-Saavedra | first1 = J. | last2 = Schwartz | first2 = AM. | last3 = Henson | first3 = DE. | last4 = Kostun | first4 = L. | last5 = Hart | first5 = A. | last6 = Angeles-Albores | first6 = D. | last7 = Chablé-Montero | first7 = F. | title = Cutaneous angiosarcoma. Analysis of 434 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1973-2007. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 93-7 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.07.012 | PMID = 21190880 }}</ref>
*Cutaneous angiosarcomas are classically seen on the head and neck of whites over 60 years old.<ref name=pmid>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Albores-Saavedra | first1 = J. | last2 = Schwartz | first2 = AM. | last3 = Henson | first3 = DE. | last4 = Kostun | first4 = L. | last5 = Hart | first5 = A. | last6 = Angeles-Albores | first6 = D. | last7 = Chablé-Montero | first7 = F. | title = Cutaneous angiosarcoma. Analysis of 434 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1973-2007. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 93-7 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.07.012 | PMID = 21190880 }}</ref>


==Gross==
*Red/dark tan lesion.
*Typically poorly circumscribed.
<gallery>
Image:Angiosarcoma (5617087462).jpg | Angiosarcoma. (WC/Yale Rosen)
</gallery>
==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
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*Very many small capillaries of irregular shape lined with:
*Very many small capillaries of irregular shape lined with:
**Pleomorphic nuclei - '''important'''.
**Pleomorphic nuclei - '''important'''.
***May have hobnail morphology.
***May have [[hobnail morphology]].
**Usually "red" at low power - due to many RBCs - '''important'''.
**Usually "red" at low power - due to many RBCs - '''important'''.
*Mitoses.
*Mitoses.
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Notes:
Notes:
*Epithelioid variant (with abundant cytoplasm & sheeting architecture) may resemble ''[[melanoma]]'' or ''[[hepatocellular carcinoma]]''.
*Epithelioid variant (with abundant cytoplasm & sheeting architecture) may resemble ''[[melanoma]]'' or a ''carcinoma'' (such as ''[[hepatocellular carcinoma]]'' or ''[[urothelial carcinoma]]''<ref name=pmid25929352>{{cite journal |authors=Matoso A, Epstein JI |title=Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of the Bladder: A Series of 9 Cases |journal=Am J Surg Pathol |volume=39 |issue=10 |pages=1377–82 |date=October 2015 |pmid=25929352 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0000000000000444 |url=}}</ref>).


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Atypical vascular lesion]].
*Atypical vascular lesion.
*[[Kaposi sarcoma]].
*[[Kaposi sarcoma]].
*Poorly differentiated carcinoma.
*[[Anastomosing hemangioma]] - especiallly in the [[kidney]].
*Poorly differentiated carcinoma, e.g. [[urothelial carcinoma]].
*Other [[vascular tumours]].


===Images===
===Images===
====Case 1====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Epithelioid_angiosarcoma_-_very_low_mag.jpg | Epithelioid angiosarcoma - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Epithelioid_angiosarcoma_-_very_low_mag.jpg | Epithelioid angiosarcoma - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)
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Image:Epithelioid_angiosarcoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Epithelioid angiosarcoma - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Epithelioid_angiosarcoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Epithelioid angiosarcoma - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Epithelioid_angiosarcoma_-_CD31_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Epithelioid angiosarcoma - CD31 - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Epithelioid_angiosarcoma_-_CD31_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Epithelioid angiosarcoma - CD31 - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
====Case 2====
<gallery>
Image: Renal angiosarcoma -- intermed mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - low mag.
Image: Renal angiosarcoma - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - low mag.
Image: Renal angiosarcoma -- high mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - high mag.
Image: Renal angiosarcoma -- very high mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - very high mag.
Image: Renal angiosarcoma in fat -- intermed mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - low mag.
Image: Renal angiosarcoma in fat - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - low mag.
Image: Renal angiosarcoma in fat -- high mag.jpg | Angiosarcoma (kidney) - high mag.
</gallery>
====Additional====
<gallery>
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma Epithelioid HP2 CTR.jpg|Breast - Epithelioid angiosarcoma - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma Epithelioid HP CTR.jpg|Breast - Epithelioid angiosarcoma - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma Epithelioid MP CTR.jpg|Breast - Epithelioid angiosarcoma - medium power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HighGrade Breast HP PA.JPG|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high grade - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HighGrade Breast PA.JPG|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high grade - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HighGrade HP PA.JPG|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high grade - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HP3 SNP.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma LowGradeArea FatInvasion MP CTR.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - low grade area - encircling fat - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HP SNP.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HighGradeArea MP CTR.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high grade area - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HP PA.JPG|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma HighGrade PA.JPG|Breast - Angiosarcoma - high power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma LP SNP.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - low power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma MP SNP.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - Medium power (SKB)
Image:Breast Angiosarcoma LP CTR.jpg|Breast - Angiosarcoma - low power (SKB)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*CD34 +ve.
*CD34 +ve.
*CD31 +ve.
*CD31 +ve.
*ERG +ve <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Miettinen | first1 = M. | last2 = Wang | first2 = ZF. | last3 = Paetau | first3 = A. | last4 = Tan | first4 = SH. | last5 = Dobi | first5 = A. | last6 = Srivastava | first6 = S. | last7 = Sesterhenn | first7 = I. | title = ERG transcription factor as an immunohistochemical marker for vascular endothelial tumors and prostatic carcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 432-41 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318206b67b | PMID = 21317715 }}
</ref>
*FLI-1 +ve.<ref name=pmid15001993>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rossi | first1 = S. | last2 = Orvieto | first2 = E. | last3 = Furlanetto | first3 = A. | last4 = Laurino | first4 = L. | last5 = Ninfo | first5 = V. | last6 = Dei Tos | first6 = AP. | title = Utility of the immunohistochemical detection of FLI-1 expression in round cell and vascular neoplasm using a monoclonal antibody. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = 547-52 | month = May | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800065 | PMID = 15001993 }}</ref>
*FLI-1 +ve.<ref name=pmid15001993>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rossi | first1 = S. | last2 = Orvieto | first2 = E. | last3 = Furlanetto | first3 = A. | last4 = Laurino | first4 = L. | last5 = Ninfo | first5 = V. | last6 = Dei Tos | first6 = AP. | title = Utility of the immunohistochemical detection of FLI-1 expression in round cell and vascular neoplasm using a monoclonal antibody. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = 547-52 | month = May | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800065 | PMID = 15001993 }}</ref>
*D2-40 +ve/-ve.<ref name=pmid11950918>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kahn | first1 = HJ. | last2 = Bailey | first2 = D. | last3 = Marks | first3 = A. | title = Monoclonal antibody D2-40, a new marker of lymphatic endothelium, reacts with Kaposi's sarcoma and a subset of angiosarcomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 4 | pages = 434-40 | month = Apr | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880543 | PMID = 11950918 | URL = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v15/n4/full/3880543a.html }}</ref>
*D2-40 +ve/-ve.<ref name=pmid11950918>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kahn | first1 = HJ. | last2 = Bailey | first2 = D. | last3 = Marks | first3 = A. | title = Monoclonal antibody D2-40, a new marker of lymphatic endothelium, reacts with Kaposi's sarcoma and a subset of angiosarcomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 4 | pages = 434-40 | month = Apr | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880543 | PMID = 11950918 | URL = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v15/n4/full/3880543a.html }}</ref>

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Angiosarcoma
Diagnosis in short

Epithelioid angiosarcoma. H&E stain.

LM atypical cells - usu. spindle cells, occasionally epithelioid; vascular differentiation (abundant capillaries - "red" at low power, +/-cytoplasmic vacuolization, +/-hobnail endothelial cells)
LM DDx Kaposi sarcoma, anastomosing hemangioma, other vascular tumours
IHC CD31 +ve, FLI-1 +ve, CD34 +ve, HHV-8 -ve
Molecular +/-MYC amplification
Gross red lesion[citation needed]
Site skin, head and neck, elsewhere

Syndromes Stewart–Treves syndrome

Clinical history +/-chronic lymphedema, vinyl chloride exposure (liver angiosarcoma)
Prevalence uncommon
Prognosis poor

Angiosarcoma is an uncommon malignant vascular tumour.

General

  • Malignant tumour - general has a poor prognosis.[1]

Epidemiology:

  • May arise secondary to chronic lymphedema related to breast carcinoma.
    • Known as Stewart–Treves syndrome.[2]
  • Association with radiation - breast,[3] urinary bladder.[4]
  • Liver angiosarcomas are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.[5]
  • Cutaneous angiosarcomas are classically seen on the head and neck of whites over 60 years old.[6]

Gross

  • Red/dark tan lesion.
  • Typically poorly circumscribed.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Spindle cell lesion.
    • Occasionally an epithelioid lesion.
  • Very many small capillaries of irregular shape lined with:
    • Pleomorphic nuclei - important.
    • Usually "red" at low power - due to many RBCs - important.
  • Mitoses.
  • Cytoplasmic vacuoles.
    • Cells trying to form lumina - embryologic.

Notes:

DDx:

Images

Case 1

Case 2

Additional

IHC

  • CD34 +ve.
  • CD31 +ve.
  • ERG +ve [8]
  • FLI-1 +ve.[9]
  • D2-40 +ve/-ve.[10]
  • HHV-8 -ve.

Molecular

  • Amplification of MYC[11] - especially in secondary angiosarcoma.[12]

See also

References

  1. Young RJ, Brown NJ, Reed MW, Hughes D, Woll PJ (May 2010). "Angiosarcoma". Lancet Oncol. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70023-1. PMID 20537949.
  2. Pincus, LB.; Fox, LP. (Aug 2008). "Images in clinical medicine. The Stewart-Treves syndrome.". N Engl J Med 359 (9): 950. doi:10.1056/NEJMicm071344. PMID 18753651. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm071344.
  3. Chikarmane, SA.; Gombos, EC.; Jagadeesan, J.; Raut, C.; Jagannathan, JP. (Dec 2014). "MRI findings of radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast (RAS).". J Magn Reson Imaging. doi:10.1002/jmri.24822. PMID 25504856.
  4. Bahouth, Z.; Masarwa, I.; Halachmi, S.; Nativ, O. (2015). "Primary angiosarcoma of urinary bladder: 13th reported patient.". Case Rep Oncol Med 2015: 652870. doi:10.1155/2015/652870. PMID 25688314.
  5. Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 212. ISBN 978-1416054542.
  6. Albores-Saavedra, J.; Schwartz, AM.; Henson, DE.; Kostun, L.; Hart, A.; Angeles-Albores, D.; Chablé-Montero, F. (Apr 2011). "Cutaneous angiosarcoma. Analysis of 434 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1973-2007.". Ann Diagn Pathol 15 (2): 93-7. doi:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.07.012. PMID 21190880.
  7. Matoso A, Epstein JI (October 2015). "Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of the Bladder: A Series of 9 Cases". Am J Surg Pathol 39 (10): 1377–82. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000000444. PMID 25929352.
  8. Miettinen, M.; Wang, ZF.; Paetau, A.; Tan, SH.; Dobi, A.; Srivastava, S.; Sesterhenn, I. (Mar 2011). "ERG transcription factor as an immunohistochemical marker for vascular endothelial tumors and prostatic carcinoma.". Am J Surg Pathol 35 (3): 432-41. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e318206b67b. PMID 21317715.
  9. Rossi, S.; Orvieto, E.; Furlanetto, A.; Laurino, L.; Ninfo, V.; Dei Tos, AP. (May 2004). "Utility of the immunohistochemical detection of FLI-1 expression in round cell and vascular neoplasm using a monoclonal antibody.". Mod Pathol 17 (5): 547-52. doi:10.1038/modpathol.3800065. PMID 15001993.
  10. Kahn, HJ.; Bailey, D.; Marks, A. (Apr 2002). "Monoclonal antibody D2-40, a new marker of lymphatic endothelium, reacts with Kaposi's sarcoma and a subset of angiosarcomas.". Mod Pathol 15 (4): 434-40. doi:10.1038/modpathol.3880543. PMID 11950918.
  11. Kurisetty, V.; Bryan, BA. (Apr 2013). "Aberrations in Angiogenic Signaling and MYC Amplifications are Distinguishing Features of Angiosarcoma.". Angiol Open Access 1. doi:10.4172/2329-9495.1000102. PMID 25374893.
  12. Styring, E.; Seinen, J.; Dominguez-Valentin, M.; Domanski, HA.; Jönsson, M.; von Steyern, FV.; Hoekstra, HJ.; Suurmeijer, AJ. et al. (Jul 2014). "Key roles for MYC, KIT and RET signaling in secondary angiosarcomas.". Br J Cancer 111 (2): 407-12. doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.359. PMID 24983371.