Efficacy of pegylated lyposomal anthracyclines and of intra-arterial carboplatin and doxorubicin combined with local hyperthermia in a case of malignant endovascular papillary angioendothelioma.

Malignant vascular tumors are exceedingly rare in childhood. Generally, their prognosis is dependent from a microscopically complete surgical resection. We observed the case of a 4-year-old boy affected by malignant endovascular papillary angioendothelioma, a rare vascular tumor of intermediate malignancy, involving all his left leg and partially the pelvis.