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==Angiosarcoma==
==Angiosarcoma==
===General===
===General===
*Malignant tumour - with a horrible prognosis.<ref name=pmid20537949>{{cite journal |author=Young RJ, Brown NJ, Reed MW, Hughes D, Woll PJ |title=Angiosarcoma |journal=Lancet Oncol |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=May |pmid=20537949 |doi=10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70023-1 |url=}}</ref>
*Malignant tumour - general has a poor prognosis.<ref name=pmid20537949>{{cite journal |author=Young RJ, Brown NJ, Reed MW, Hughes D, Woll PJ |title=Angiosarcoma |journal=Lancet Oncol |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=May |pmid=20537949 |doi=10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70023-1 |url=}}</ref>
*Classically on the scalp or head & neck.


Epidemiology:
Epidemiology:
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**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>
*[[Liver]] angiosarcomas are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|212}}</ref>
*[[Liver]] angiosarcomas 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>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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