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Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction

Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignancy of endothelial cell origin, representing less than 1% of all breast malignancy. Primary angiosarcomas can occur in the setting of chronic lymphedema, but it also may occur spontaneously without any preceding treatment. Surgery is the primary therapeuti...

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Autores principales: Philip, Justus, Bender, Elizabeth, Waite, Kristy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6011124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7390987
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description Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignancy of endothelial cell origin, representing less than 1% of all breast malignancy. Primary angiosarcomas can occur in the setting of chronic lymphedema, but it also may occur spontaneously without any preceding treatment. Surgery is the primary therapeutic intervention for breast angiosarcomas with radiation and chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment. Angiosarcomas are aggressive and tend to have a high risk of local and metastatic recurrence. We present a case of primary angiosarcoma that developed in a patient who had bilateral breast reduction surgery in the past.
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spelling pubmed-60111242018-07-05 Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction Philip, Justus Bender, Elizabeth Waite, Kristy Case Rep Surg Case Report Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignancy of endothelial cell origin, representing less than 1% of all breast malignancy. Primary angiosarcomas can occur in the setting of chronic lymphedema, but it also may occur spontaneously without any preceding treatment. Surgery is the primary therapeutic intervention for breast angiosarcomas with radiation and chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment. Angiosarcomas are aggressive and tend to have a high risk of local and metastatic recurrence. We present a case of primary angiosarcoma that developed in a patient who had bilateral breast reduction surgery in the past. Hindawi 2018-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6011124/ /pubmed/29977639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7390987 Text en Copyright © 2018 Justus Philip et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction
title Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction
title_full Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction
title_fullStr Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction
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title_short Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast after Bilateral Breast Reduction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6011124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7390987
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