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Tohru Nagano, MD, PhD; Yukimasa Tai, MD; Yuka Higashida, MD; Norihiro Fujiwara, MD; Masahiro Oka, MD, PhD; Chikako Nishigori, MD, PhD

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Treatment of angiosarcoma (AS) of the scalp in elderly patients remains difficult owing to the high frequency of local recurrence and lung metastasis.¹ Recently, weekly low-dose docetaxel therapy has proven effective for treating local recurrences and lung metastases of AS of the scalp^2-3 and radiation-induced AS of the breast.⁴ Herein, we describe a patient with AS of the scalp and face treated with docetaxel alone who showed a partial response.

Report of a Case

A 91-year-old woman presented with a 9-week history of facial edema and progressively enlarging violaceous plaques with dark purple disseminated nodules on her face. She had no history of trauma to the face, bleeding, or treatment with corticosteroids or anticoagulation drugs. Nine weeks before her admission, she had noticed thumb-sized purpura on her right cheek, which grew rapidly and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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