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- Title
Angiosarcoma of the Breast: A Rare and Dismal Complication of Breast Surgery Associated with Radiation.
- Authors
Virgilio, Edoardo; Lombardi, Mariangela; Di Stefano, Domenica; Marchetti, Paolo; Cavallini, Marco; Chieco, Paola Addario; Addario Chieco, Paola
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 60-year-old woman who was admitted to a hospital with a violaceousindurated plaque on the infero-external quadrant of the right breast and was diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the breast. The patient has then underwent adjuvant chemotherapy with medications of taxotere, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide. The patient was also given breast reconstruction after her radiochemotherapy.
- Subjects
BLOOD-vessel tumors; BREAST surgery; RADIOTHERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2017, Vol 83, Issue 3, pe71
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/000313481708300303