title: Cytodiagnosis of angiosarcoma of breast.
abstract: A 24-year-old female presented with swelling in the left breast for one-and-a-half years associated with pain for last 4 months. During this period, she was operated twice and once again there was local recurrence, the biopsy was interpreted as benign vascular lesion. The case was diagnosed by preoperative cytology as angiosarcoma of breast, after which, she underwent modified radical mastectomy. Angiosarcoma of breast is uncommon with extremely bad prognosis. Familiarity with the clinical and pathologic features is critical in avoiding underdiagnosis and delayed treatment.
authors: Department of Pathology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. asarantikar@yahoo.co.in
authors: Asaranti
authors: A
authors: Kar
authors: Debasis
authors: D
authors: Mukhopadhyay
authors: Sidharatha Sankar
authors: SS
authors: Das
authors: Narendra Nath
authors: NN
authors: Swain
authors: Bhuban Mohan
authors: BM
authors: Das
authors: Manjushree
authors: M
authors: Nayak
authors: Jayashree
authors: J
authors: Rath
authors: Surama
authors: S
authors: Satpathy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy