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Photomicrograph of the excised lesion (H&E, x400)
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Histologically, features were consistent with a vasoformative neoplasm involving the dermis, a cutaneous angiosarcoma of the scalp, with involvement of the excised margin on one side [Figure 1].
Pre-revision surgery
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Since histopathological examination of the excised margin on one side showed involvement, revisional surgery in the form of a wide excision of the scar [Figure 2] was then planned after presence of distal metastasis was ruled out by an X-ray chest and abdominal ultrasonography.
Post-revision view
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Sutures were removed on the ninth postoperative day and the wound healed well [Figure 3].