Osteogenic pulmonary metastases originating from a phyllodes tumour of the breast with osteosarcomatous differentiation.
Malignant phyllodes tumour is an uncommon breast neoplasm which undergoes osteosarcomatous differentiation in 1.3% of cases. We document the plain film, CT and scintigraphic features of a case of pulmonary metastases from this rare primary tumour.
Bhartia
S K
SK
Department of Radiology, Auckland Public Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Kashyap
P
P
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary