title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of breast in an adolescent girl: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Leiomyosarcoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm, primarily reported in older women. Only 44 cases have been reported in world literature and to the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported from India till date. We report a case of primary breast leiomyosarcoma in an adolescent girl who underwent a lumpectomy for rapidly increasing lump in the left breast. Here we report the histological findings and immunohistochemical profile of this entity, along with a review of existing literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Swapnil Ulhas
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.forename: Charu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: Uma Nahar
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Saikia