Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast: An Uncommon Histopathological Subtype
Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is extremely rare malignant tumour of the breast. The cytological and radiological findings are often non specific for diagnosis. Histopathology plays an important role in diagnosis and grading of tumour. Herewith we present a case of 55-year-old postmenopausal w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6885/15855_CE[Ra]_F(P)_PF1(VIAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
| Summary: | Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is extremely rare malignant tumour of the breast. The cytological and radiological findings are often
non specific for diagnosis. Histopathology plays an important role in diagnosis and grading of tumour. Herewith we present a case of
55-year-old postmenopausal woman having history of rapidly enlarging right breast lump with prominent vascularity and associated
bluish discolouration of overlying skin. Mammography shows ill defined mass lesion. Fine needle aspiration cytology was done which
showed haemorrhagic aspirate with few clusters of highly pleomorphic neoplastic cells. Patient underwent modified radical mastectomy.
On histopathological evaluation it showed primary angiosarcoma of the breast, poorly differentiated, grade-III. We are presenting this
extremely rare malignancy of breast for its clinical, cytological and histopathological findings. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |