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Angiosarcoma in irradiated post‐mastectomy chest wall
Author(s) -
DAVIES J.D.,
REES G.J.G.,
MERA S.L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1983.tb02309.x
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , mastectomy , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , hemangiosarcoma , radiation therapy , carcinoma , radiology , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
A 61‐year‐old woman developed an angiosarcoma in the irradiated chest wall 2½ and 4 years after mastectomy for a carcinoma of breast. The two sets of tumours were morphologically distinct and differed immunohistochemically. The short interval between post‐operative irradiation and presentation of the angiosarcoma is unusual. The case is discussed in relation to others of allied type.