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==Angiosarcoma==
==Angiosarcoma==
===General===
===General===
*Malignant tumour.
*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>
*Classically on the scalp or head & neck.
*May arise secondary to therapeutic radiation or chronic lymphoedema related to breast carcinoma.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Very many small capillaries or irregular shape lined with:
*Very many small capillaries of irregular shape lined with:
**Atypical nuclei, pleomorphic nuclei.
**Pleomorphic nuclei.
***May have hobnail morphology.
*Mitoses.
*Mitoses.
*Cytoplasmic vacuoles.
*Cytoplasmic vacuoles.
**Cells trying to form lumina - embryologic.
**Cells trying to form lumina - embryologic.
Notes:
*Epithelioid variant (with abundant cytoplasm & sheeting architecture) may resemble ''melanoma'' or ''hepatocellular carcinoma''.
===IHC===
*CD34 +ve.
*D2-40 +ve. (???)
*CD31 +ve.


==Hemangioendothelioma==
==Hemangioendothelioma==
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