title: Radiological appearance of postirradiation sarcoma of the chest wall after mastectomy.
abstract: Radiotherapy-induced sarcoma arising from the chest wall after mastectomy and irradiation is uncommon but deserves special attention due to the increasing incidence of this soft-tissue sarcoma, contributed by the early detection and employment of radiotherapy in the treatment of breast carcinoma. We report the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of two patients who developed cutaneous high-grade sarcoma after mastectomy and irradiation for primary breast tumours more than 5 years ago.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Alice P Y
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Winnie C W
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Wynnie W M
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Gary M K
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Tse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed