1. The Role of Core Biopsy versus Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy In Primary Breast Angiosarcoma.
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Abate, Anna, Querques, Giulia, Giovanazzi, Riccardo, Di Bella, Camillo, Besostri, Valeria, Gisabella, Mara, Maino, Cesare, Ippolito, Davide, and Corso, Rocco
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BREAST biopsy , *ANGIOSARCOMA , *DIAGNOSIS , *PROGNOSIS , *BIOPSY , *ULTRASONIC imaging - Abstract
We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with a slow-growing palpable nodule on the left breast, confirmed as a well-defined opacity on mammography, corresponding to a 5 cm hyperechoic lesion on ultrasound, and considered, on the basis of clinical examination and radiological findings, to be consistent with a lipoma. One year later, the patient represented with an enlarged left breast mass and underwent further imaging investigation with subsequent diagnosis of primary breast angiosarcoma obtained via a Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy. The patient developed metastatic disease and succumbed to the disease one year after definitive diagnosis. Primary breast angiosarcoma is a rare malignant vascular neoplasia, characterized by aggressive patterns, poor prognosis, and absence of pathognomonic radiological features. Currently, there are no evidence-based guidelines regarding treatment, even though wide surgical resection followed by chemo- and radiotherapy appears to improve survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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