Primary breast sarcoma: case report
Background: primary breast sarcoma is the least frequent non-epithelial malignant tumor, representing less than 1 % of all breast cancers. It has a dismal prognosis with the presence of early metastases and a very poor survival. Objective: to explain a case of a 56 years old female patient with a l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey
2019-11-01
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Series: | Archivo Médico de Camagüey |
Online Access: | http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6659 |
Summary: | Background: primary breast sarcoma is the least frequent non-epithelial malignant tumor, representing less than 1 % of all breast cancers. It has a dismal prognosis with the presence of early metastases and a very poor survival.
Objective: to explain a case of a 56 years old female patient with a large ulcerated primary breast sarcoma.
Case report: a case of a 56 years old female patient with a large ulcerated primitive sarcoma in the left breast is presented.
Conclusions: the publication of this report has clinical interest for health professionals due to the rarity of the primary sarcoma of the breast.
DeCS: UNILATERAL BREAST NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SARCOMA; CASE REPORTS; PROGNOSIS. |
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ISSN: | 1025-0255 |