Jaw angiosarcoma. First case, with massive intraosseous localization, described in Italian literature
Maria Giulia Cristofaro 1, Amerigo Giudice 1, Francesco Conforti 2, Valeria Zuccalà 1, Ida Barca 1, Davide Caruso 1, Mario Giudice 1
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Article Info
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University «Magna Graecia», Catanzaro, Italy
2 Department of Pathological Anatomy, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
Abstract
Angiosarcoma (AS) is a rare non-epithelial malignant neoplasm arising from neoplastic vascular degeneration of endothelial cells. It usually occurs in soft tissue and skin. The incidence, according to American authors, is 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas. About 50% of AS is localized in head and neck region (scalp and face skin) and represents less than 1% of all malignancies of this district; the primitive intra- oral localization is rare, even rarer intraosseous development of AS in jaw bones. The Authors report a case of a mandibular intraosseus angiosarcoma with different peculiarities: the rarity of the location and mode of occurrence; in addition they have focused on clinical-histopathological and immunohistochemical charateristics.
Keywords
- Angiosarcoma
- Jaws Introduction
- Oral cavity

