What is it about?
Breast angiosarcoma is a rare aggressive tumor that develops from connective tissue of vascular origin with a tendency towards rapid recurrence and the appearance of visceral metastases. It occurs either as a primary tumor in young women or as a secondary tumor following breast irradiation.
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Why is it important?
Breast angiosarcoma is a rare tumor, accounting for less than 1% of all soft tissue tumors of the breast [1]. that develops from connective tissue of vascular origin. It occurs either as a primary tumor in young women aged 30 to 40, or as a secondary tumor following breast irradiation as part of conservative treatment of breast cancer in older women [2].
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Angiosarcoma is an aggressive tumor with a tendency towards rapid recurrence and the appearance of visceral metastases. Histological diagnosis is based on rigorous analysis of excisional specimens [1]. We report a case of breast angiosarcoma associated with homolateral axillary recurrence in a 45-year-old woman treated for bilateral breast cancer in the onco-gynecology department of the Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca. In this case, we describe the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this type of tumor.
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This page is a summary of: Radiation-Induced Breast Angiosarcoma Associated with Homolateral Axillary Recurrence: A Case Report, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, June 2024, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2400137.
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