Chest wall tumors presenting as breast lumps.
Two recently seen patients presenting with large breast lumps that proved to be pure mesenchymal tumors arising from the underlying chest wall are presented. One tumor proved to be a giant cell tumor of soft tissue and the other an osteogenic sarcoma. It is suggested that these two cases may not be unique and that some mesenchymal breast tumors might have their origin in the chest wall. Breast computed tomography (CT) scans would help identify similar cases.
Shousha
Sami
S
Department of Histopathology, Charing Cross Hospital and Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom. s.shousha@ic.ac.uk
Sinnett
H Dudley
HD
D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed