Primary epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast masquerading as carcinoma

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Author	Muzumder, Sandeep Das, Prasenjit Kumar, M. N. V. S. S. Bhasker, Suman Sarkar, Chitra Medhi, Kunjahari Iyer, V. K. Rath, G. K.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Here we report a case of primary epithelioid angiosarcoma (eas) of the breast occurring in a 30-year-old woman. Following fine-needle asspiration cytology (fnac) and tru-cut biopsy, the patient was initially diagnosed with mammary carcinoma and thereafter underwent modified radical mastectomy. Postoperative histopathologic examination and immunohistochemistry revealed a diagnosis of primary epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast. The patient received postoperative radiotherapy to the chest wall and was started on adjuvant thalidomide. Preoperatively, eas can be mistaken for carcinoma because it is difficult to appreciate the typical morphology on fnac or tru-cut biopsy. Indeed, this is an area of potential diagnostic error because, nowadays, neoadjuvant therapy is often instituted after core biopsy of a breast mass. This case is being reported not only for its diagnostic difficulty, but also because of its rarity in English literature.
Starting Page	64
Ending Page	69
Page Count	6
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PubMed reference number	20179806
Volume Number	17
Journal	Current oncology
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.current-oncology.com/index.php/oncology/article/download/451/408
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Addison Disease Angiosarcoma of the breast CD31 Antigens Chest wall structure Core needle biopsy ERBB2 protein, human Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma Fine-needle biopsy Hemangiosarcoma Histopathology Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Mastectomy, Radical Modified radical mastectomy Neoadjuvant Therapy Patients Pharmaceutical Adjuvants Radiotherapy, Adjuvant Stage 0 Breast Carcinoma Thalidomide Therapeutic radiology procedure Tru-Cut Biopsy Needle
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