Cytologic diagnosis of undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of breast presenting with brain metastasis

Primary sarcoma of breast are rare. Diagnosis by aspiration cytology is difficult due to nonspecific cytomorphologic features. An initial presentation with neurological symptoms due to metastasis of breast sarcoma to the brain has not been previously reported. Here, we describe a case of a 60-year-o...

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Autores principales: Chakrabarti, Indranil, Ghosh, Nilanjana, Giri, Amita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23914101
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.112763
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author Chakrabarti, Indranil
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description Primary sarcoma of breast are rare. Diagnosis by aspiration cytology is difficult due to nonspecific cytomorphologic features. An initial presentation with neurological symptoms due to metastasis of breast sarcoma to the brain has not been previously reported. Here, we describe a case of a 60-year-old female who presented with headache, dizziness and convulsion and was subsequently diagnosed with undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of breast with cerebellar metastasis.
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spelling pubmed-37243032013-08-02 Cytologic diagnosis of undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of breast presenting with brain metastasis Chakrabarti, Indranil Ghosh, Nilanjana Giri, Amita J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Primary sarcoma of breast are rare. Diagnosis by aspiration cytology is difficult due to nonspecific cytomorphologic features. An initial presentation with neurological symptoms due to metastasis of breast sarcoma to the brain has not been previously reported. Here, we describe a case of a 60-year-old female who presented with headache, dizziness and convulsion and was subsequently diagnosed with undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of breast with cerebellar metastasis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3724303/ /pubmed/23914101 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.112763 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Cytologic diagnosis of undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of breast presenting with brain metastasis
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