Published April 2004
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Journal article
Breast angiosarcoma: case report and literature review
Creators
- 1. Hospital do Servidor Publico Estadual (IAMSPE), Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil). Servico de Ginecologia e Obstetricia
Description
We report a case of a patient, 28 years old, with a lump tenderness and rapid progression to the entire breast, without papillary discharge or axillary nodes. Biopsy result was angiosarcoma grade III. After a simple mastectomy and local radiotherapy because of compromised deep margin, she presented within one year paravertebral metastasis and lung metastasis without local recurrence. Death occurred after 24 months of diagnostic. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Portuguese)
- Angiossarcoma de mama: relato de caso e revisao da literatura
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- RSBC Revista Sociedades Brasileiras de Cancer (Impreso)
- Journal Volume
- 1
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 20-25
- ISSN
- 1679-9801
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Brazil
- Country of Input or Organization
- Brazil
- INIS RN
- 35072556
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; HISTOLOGY; LUNGS; MAMMARY GLANDS; METASTASES; RADIOTHERAPY; SARCOMAS; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAE
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; GLANDS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETON; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 22 refs., 1 fig.