ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE NASAL-SEPTUM

This is a report on a female patient, 37 years old, with a polypous, s essile tumor on the nasal septum covered by smooth mucous membrane. Sh e was treated with local excision. The histological diagnosis was an a ngiosarcoma, confirmed by immunhistological stain with factor VIII-lik e antigen, thrombomodulin, and UEA. She currently remains free of the disease 12 months after diagnosis. Angiosarcoma in the head and neck a rea and especially the localization in the nasal septum are extremly r are. Prognosis, differential diagnosis, metastasis formation, and ther apy of this tumor are presented.