Report on a case of breast sarcoma metastatic to the axillary lymph nodes.
Breast sarcoma is a rare entity that accounts for less than 1% of all breast malignancies; it may spread by direct invasion and/or through the blood. Axillary lymph node involvement is extremely rare and usually associated with advanced-stage disease. In the surgical treatment of this neoplasm, complete axillary lymphadenectomy is important for the local clearance of the clinically involved lymph nodes. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman affected by follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the left breast. Six months after breast surgery she developed an axillary metastasis from the same disease.
Diaz Brito
Jack Antonio
JA
Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Gatti
Giovanna
G
Vento
Anna Rita
AR
Galimberti
Viviana
V
Intra
Mattia
M
De Almeida
Rafaela Cecilio Sahium
RC
Pruneri
Giancarlo
G
Luini
Alberto
A
D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D020566:Dendritic Cells, Follicular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000556:secondary*