title: Primary angiosarcoma of breast.
abstract: Primary breast sarcomas, except for phyllodes tumour, are very rare entities, accounting for < 0.1% of all malignant neoplasms. Angiosarcoma of breast is infrequent malignancy and differential diagnosis from other sarcomatous and angiomatous breast tumours holds importance. Two cases of primary angiosarcoma of breast were encountered. One involved a 32 years lady who was treated by wide local excision and six cycles of chemotherapy. The other occurred in a 54 years old lady who was treated with mastectomy, did not receive any radiation or chemotherapy and was later lost to follow-up. Neither of the patient had history of previous breast surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. saroonakm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Saroona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haroon
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Faridi
authors.forename: Faisal Rashid
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Lodhi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography