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- Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is a very rare cancer, making up less than 0.05% of all breast tumors, and often presents with vague symptoms.
- Diagnosis can be challenging since imaging results may appear normal in about 33% of cases, leading to a generally poor prognosis due to high recurrence and metastasis rates.
- The main treatment option is aggressive surgical removal, while the effectiveness of additional therapies remains unclear; a unique case of this cancer occurring in a fibroadenoma in a 53-year-old postmenopausal woman is presented as the first of its kind in medical literature.
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Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare tumour that account for fewer than 0.05% of all malignant mammary tumours. Angiosarcoma may have an perfidious clinical onset. Radiologic findings are often nonspecific and may appear completely normal in one-third of cases with primary angiosarcoma. The prognosis is usually poor because of the high rates of local recurrence and early development of metastases. Aggressive surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment. The role of adjuvant therapy has not yet been well established. Here we present a case of a 53 year old, postmenopausal women with primary angiosarcoma arising in fibroadenoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case described in the literature to date.
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