Angiosarcoma of Breast Followed as Mastopathy

We report a case of giant breast angiosarcoma. A 20-year-old woman noticed enlargement of her rightbreastandconsultedherfamilydoctor.Thesymptomhadbeenstablefor4months.Granulomatous mastitiswassuspected.However,shecomplainedthattheenlargementhadbecomerapid,andshewas referredtoourhospital.Herrightbreastwasfoundtohaveswollento20cmindiameterandhadsubcutaneous hemorrhages. Breast ultrasound revealed a tumor in the entire right breast, with a heterogeneousechoiclesionandinternalbloodflowsignals.ContrastCTandMRIimagesdemonstratedatumor shadowwithpartialcontrasteffectoccupyingtheentirerightmammarygland.Therewasnodistantorganmetastasis.Basedoncarefulcoreneedlebiopsy,thetumorwasdiagnosedasanangiosarcoma.She underwenttotalmastectomywithexcisionoftheoverlyingskinandthepectoralismajormuscle,anddissectionoftheaxillarylymphnodes.Theskindefectwasreconstructedwithalatissimusdorsimyocutaneous flap. Post-mastectomy radiation therapy was performed on the chest wall, and no other adjuvant therapywasscheduled.Approximately2yearsaftertreatment,shewasfreeofrecurrence.Herein,we reportacaseofbreastangiosarcoma,discussit,andreviewtheliterature.

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A Case of Primary Breast Angiosarcoma in a 20-year-old Woman

Ishizaka

Asaga

Isaka

et al. 2020

Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (J Jpn Surg Assoc)

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Angiosarcoma of Breast Followed as Mastopathy

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A Case of Primary Breast Angiosarcoma in a 20-year-old Woman

A Case of Primary Breast Angiosarcoma in a 20-year-old Woman

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