A 71-year-old lady developed a left breast angiosarcoma 10 years after a wide local excision and external beam radiotherapy for invasive breast cancer. Three years after a left simple mastectomy for the angiosarcoma, she presented with metastatic angiosarcoma in the contralateral axilla. There were no local or distant metastases. This is the first reported case of isolated contralateral axillary metastases from post-irradiation angiosarcoma of the breast. A previous study has reported ipsilateral axillary metastases in relation to secondary breast angiosarcoma. Contralateral axillary metastases have always been associated with extensive distant metastases. We present a review of the available literature on radiation-associated breast angiosarcomas.
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