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Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary

Ovarian masses are common findings in general gynecological practice. Approximately 5%–10% of ovarian malignancies are diagnosed as metastatic tumors. Primary angiosarcoma can arise anywhere in the body and when it arises in the breast, it usually affects women in their 3rd and 4th decades and accou...

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Autores principales: Souza, Frederico F., Katkar, Amol, den Abbeele, Annick D. Van, Dipiro, Pamela J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19718246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/381015
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author Souza, Frederico F.
Katkar, Amol
den Abbeele, Annick D. Van
Dipiro, Pamela J.
author_facet Souza, Frederico F.
Katkar, Amol
den Abbeele, Annick D. Van
Dipiro, Pamela J.
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description Ovarian masses are common findings in general gynecological practice. Approximately 5%–10% of ovarian malignancies are diagnosed as metastatic tumors. Primary angiosarcoma can arise anywhere in the body and when it arises in the breast, it usually affects women in their 3rd and 4th decades and accounts for one in 1700–2300 cases of primary breast cancer. Although unusual, breast angiosarcomas tend to metastasize hematogenously rather than lymphogenously, have high rates of local recurrence, that often develop metastases soon after treatment, and have a dismal prognosis. We present a case of a solitary ovarian metastasis from angiosarcoma of the breast.
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spelling pubmed-27292732009-08-28 Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary Souza, Frederico F. Katkar, Amol den Abbeele, Annick D. Van Dipiro, Pamela J. Case Rep Med Case Report Ovarian masses are common findings in general gynecological practice. Approximately 5%–10% of ovarian malignancies are diagnosed as metastatic tumors. Primary angiosarcoma can arise anywhere in the body and when it arises in the breast, it usually affects women in their 3rd and 4th decades and accounts for one in 1700–2300 cases of primary breast cancer. Although unusual, breast angiosarcomas tend to metastasize hematogenously rather than lymphogenously, have high rates of local recurrence, that often develop metastases soon after treatment, and have a dismal prognosis. We present a case of a solitary ovarian metastasis from angiosarcoma of the breast. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2729273/ /pubmed/19718246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/381015 Text en Copyright © 2009 Frederico F. Souza et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Souza, Frederico F.
Katkar, Amol
den Abbeele, Annick D. Van
Dipiro, Pamela J.
Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary
title Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary
title_full Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary
title_fullStr Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary
title_full_unstemmed Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary
title_short Breast Angiosarcoma Metastatic to the Ovary
title_sort breast angiosarcoma metastatic to the ovary
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19718246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/381015
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