A case report on radiation-induced angiosarcoma of breast post skin-sparing mastectomy and reconstruction with transverse rectus abdominal muscle

Radiation-induced angiosarcomas (RIA) are rare tumours that can affect breast cancer patients following treatment with breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Their diagnosis is often delayed because of their benign appearance and the difficulty in differentiation from radiation-induced skin c...

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Autores principales: Aljarrah, Adil, Nos, Claude, Clough, Krishna B, Lefrere-Belda, Marie Aude, Lecuru, Fabrice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cancer Intelligence 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24605134
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.402
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Sumario:Radiation-induced angiosarcomas (RIA) are rare tumours that can affect breast cancer patients following treatment with breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Their diagnosis is often delayed because of their benign appearance and the difficulty in differentiation from radiation-induced skin changes. We report here a case of RIA which occurred seven years after radiotherapy to highlight awareness of the disease and the role of careful histological evaluation of these tumours.

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