title: Rupture of the spleen in a patient with metastatic angiosarcoma of the breast.
abstract: Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare tumour. We report a young woman who required an urgent mastectomy for bleeding. Metastatic disease resulted in her spleen rupturing after minor abdominal trauma. This has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Breast Unit, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery