title: Leiomyosarcoma of the breast: a case report and review of the literature about therapeutic management.
abstract: We experienced a leiomyosarcoma of the breast in an 18-year-old female. No specific treatment has been established. In order to clarify appropriate therapeutic management methods, the limited data available from our and previous case reports were assessed. A leiomyosarcoma of the breast must be excised with a negative margin. If the tumor size is large and an adequate margin, greater than 3-cm margin around the excised tumor, is not achieved due to anatomical constraints, radiotherapy may be indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, and Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. noriko@onsurg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akazawa
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasugai
authors.forename: Fumine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015413:Mastectomy, Simple; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed