Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast
Primary breast sarcomas are very rare entities, accounting for 0.04% of all malignant neoplasms. Angiosarcoma of breast is infrequent and is an endothelial malignant tumor with bad prognosis because of the frequency of metastasis and recurrence. We present a case of a 30-year-old female who presente...
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| author | P. Keshav Shruti S. Hegde |
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| description | Primary breast sarcomas are very rare entities, accounting for 0.04% of all malignant neoplasms. Angiosarcoma of breast is infrequent and is an endothelial malignant tumor with bad prognosis because of the frequency of metastasis and recurrence. We present a case of a 30-year-old female who presented with an ulcerated left breast lesion which on further workup revealed to be a primary angiosarcoma of breast with metastasis to right breast. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ff1c38a69374b91875d77f0e6e63bed2025-02-03T05:59:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192013-01-01201310.1155/2013/139276139276Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the BreastP. Keshav0Shruti S. Hegde1Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, KMC, Mangalore, Manipal University, Karnataka 575003, IndiaKMC, Mangalore, Manipal University, Karnataka 575003, IndiaPrimary breast sarcomas are very rare entities, accounting for 0.04% of all malignant neoplasms. Angiosarcoma of breast is infrequent and is an endothelial malignant tumor with bad prognosis because of the frequency of metastasis and recurrence. We present a case of a 30-year-old female who presented with an ulcerated left breast lesion which on further workup revealed to be a primary angiosarcoma of breast with metastasis to right breast.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/139276 |
| spellingShingle | P. Keshav Shruti S. Hegde Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast |
| title_full | Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast |
| title_short | Bilateral Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast |
| title_sort | bilateral primary angiosarcoma of the breast |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/139276 |
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