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ABSTRACT: Cutaneous Angiosarcoma of Breast After Lumpectomy, Axillary
Lymph Node Dissection, and Radiotherapy for Primary Breast Carcinoma:
Case Report and Review of the Literature
Malignant neoplasms known to develop after external beam radiation
include angiosarcoma. Although angiosarcoma developing in a
lymphedematous arm after radical mastectomy is a well-known
phenomenon, cutaneous angiosarcoma after radiotherapy for breast
carcinoma has been rarely documented.
Herein we present a case
with cutaneous angiosarcoma that developed in a 69-year-old
woman's breast 5 years after she underwent conservative treatment
to the breast: lumpectomy, axillary lymph node dissection, and
radiation therapy to the breast.
The possible relation of the
angiosarcoma to the initial radiotherapy, early diagnosis, and
treatment is discussed.
[01/03/2003; American Journal of Clinical Oncology]
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