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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Main Authors: Lidia Torres-Aja, José Alberto Puerto-Lorenzo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey 2019-11-01
Series:Archivo Médico de Camagüey
Online Access:http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6659
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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.
ISSN:1025-0255