Postirradiation angiosarcoma of the breast--a case report.
Angiosarcoma of the breast is an uncommon neoplasm but coincident angiosarcoma with infiltrating ductal carcinoma is not yet reported. This paper describes a case of angiosarcoma which developed after 4 years of a wide excision and adjuvant radiotherapy for a ductal carcinoma of the breast. Due to latent period of only 4 years radiotherapy cannot be blamed as an aetiological factor in this case but neither is it possible to exclude it as a causative factor.
Shaikh
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Department of Surgery and Histopathology, St Charles' Hospital, London, U.K.
Beaconsfield
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Walker
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Ghilchik
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D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000473:pathology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*