Primary angiosarcoma of the scalp and lepromatous leprosy: an uncommon combination in an elderly patient

Introduction: Primary cutaneous sarcomas are rare mesenchymal cancers with histopathological heterogeneity. Angiosarcomas are an uncommon cutaneous malignant sarcoma sub-type that effect mainly elderly male patients.Their location is primarily cephalic, and they present as multifocal lesions which lead to local edema, bleeding and ulceration. Aggressiveness, fast growth and undefined surgical margins explain the high rates of recurrence.We describe a case of primary angiosarcoma of the scalp in an elderly female patient, who was being treated with a multidrug therapy for lepromatous leprosy.The combination of angiosarcoma and leprosy is uncommon, and the absence of similar reports in the literature motivated the description of this case.

Keywords: SKIN NEOPLASMS, SARCOMA, LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS