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Fine‐needle aspiration of metastatic radiation‐induced cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast to the liver: A diagnostic dilemma
Author(s) -
Park JiWeon,
SeraficaKaren Chantal,
Das Kasturi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.21331
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , fine needle aspiration , radiation therapy , radiology , pathology , epithelioid hemangioendothelioma , epithelioid cell , breast cancer , cancer , biopsy , immunohistochemistry
Radiation therapy is a significant risk factor for the development of angiosarcoma. With the increase in breast conservation treatment, the incidence of cutaneous radiation‐induced angiosarcoma of the breast is rising. If the angiosarcoma demonstrates epithelioid features, the tumor cells may present a diagnostic dilemma on fine‐needle aspiration cytology. We present a case of metastatic radiation‐induced cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast to the liver and a review of the literature. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2010;38:768–771. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.