title: [Primary angiosarcoma of the breast].
abstract: We report on a 39 year old woman with a biopsy diagnosed angiosarcoma of the breast. Surgical treatment consisted of a modified radical mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection (level I and II). The size of the tumor was 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm with G II grading. In addition the patient was put on postoperative chemotherapy (EC). Soft tissue sarcomas of the breast are very rare tumors (0.04 to < 1 % of all malignant breast tumors). The etiology of most of the vascular neoplasias of the breast is therapy associated such as preexisting surgery and radiotherapy. We found a primary angiosarcoma of the breast and tried to demonstrate aspects of the morphological diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik Leipzing.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weidenbach
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bilek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Primäres Angiosarkom der Mamma.