Parenchymal post-irradiation angiosarcoma: a case report

Acta Clin Croat. 2009 Sep;48(4):433-7.

Abstract

Secondary angiosarcoma is an aggressive tumor that can develop in breast cancer patients treated with conserving therapy and radiotherapy. The symptoms can be misleading, whereas mammography and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) are typically negative in early stage of the disease. A high grade of clinical suspicion is very important for early diagnosis. A case of angiosarcoma involving breast parenchyma in a patient treated with quadrantectomy and radiotherapy for T1cN1Mx breast carcinoma is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / etiology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Hemangiosarcoma / etiology
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Mastectomy, Segmental
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / etiology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology