Breast sarcoma is a rare entity that accounts for less than 1% of all breast malignancies; it may spread by direct invasion and/or through the blood. Axillary lymph node involvement is extremely rare and usually associated with advanced-stage disease. In the surgical treatment of this neoplasm, complete axillary lymphadenectomy is important for the local clearance of the clinically involved lymph nodes. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman affected by follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the left breast. Six months after breast surgery she developed an axillary metastasis from the same disease.
Report on a case of breast sarcoma metastatic to the axillary lymph nodes / J.A. Diaz Brito, G. Gatti, A.R. Vento, V. Galimberti, M. Intra, R.C. De Almeida, G. Pruneri, A. Luini. - In: TUMORI. - ISSN 0300-8916. - 92:2(2006), pp. 188-190. [10.1177/030089160609200219]
Report on a case of breast sarcoma metastatic to the axillary lymph nodes
G. PruneriPenultimo
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2006
Abstract
Breast sarcoma is a rare entity that accounts for less than 1% of all breast malignancies; it may spread by direct invasion and/or through the blood. Axillary lymph node involvement is extremely rare and usually associated with advanced-stage disease. In the surgical treatment of this neoplasm, complete axillary lymphadenectomy is important for the local clearance of the clinically involved lymph nodes. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman affected by follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the left breast. Six months after breast surgery she developed an axillary metastasis from the same disease.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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