Rosacea-like angiosarcoma of the face.

We present an 84-year-old white male patient who, during a 2-year period, developed successively tumor infiltrations of an angiosarcoma in his face. The tumor started at the right lower eyelid, later appeared on the nose, the front, the cheeks and the earlobes. The first clinical impression was that of a rosacea. The tumors where successfully treated by soft X-rays, the total doses ranging from 4,800 to 5,600 cGy.