title: Report on a case of breast sarcoma metastatic to the axillary lymph nodes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Jack Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Diaz Brito
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: Anna Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vento
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galimberti
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Intra
authors.forename: Rafaela Cecilio Sahium
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: De Almeida
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pruneri
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luini
mesh_terms: 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*