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Angiosarcoma Wheeless
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Description: Discussion:
- high grade sarcomas of vascular origin;
- occur most often in middle aged persons;
- when the tumor arises in bone, it frequently extends up and down the
bone w/ distinctive pattern of "soap bubble" lesions;
- sub-types:
- hemangioendothelioma - more common in bone than in soft tissue
- hemangiopericytoma - more common in soft tissue than in bone;
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Added: Tue Mar 27 2007