Carcinosarcoma of the Breast: Case Report
| Autor: | Zühre Aytaç, Cemal Özben Ensari, Erdem Can Yardımcı, Burhan Mayir, Tuna Bilecik, Mehmet Tahir Oruç, Alkan Sakar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Postmenopausal women medicine.drug_class business.industry Case Report Lymph node metastasis Modified Radical Mastectomy medicine.disease Metastasis Breast cancer Estrogen Internal medicine Carcinosarcoma medicine business skin and connective tissue diseases Pathological |
| Popis: | Carcinosarcoma of the breast represents less than 1% of primary breast mailgnancies. Both malign epithelial and malign mesenchymal elements exist together in the breast. A 59 year old postmenopausal women presents with a bloody nipple discharge and mass in breast. In left breast 2×1 cm mss detected and excisied. At pathological examination breast carcinosarcoma was detected. Then modified radical mastectomy was performed. Tumor measured 4×4×3.5 cm. Tumor cells were negative for estrogen, progesteron. C-erb-B2 was negative. There was no metastasis in axillary lymph node metastasis. Carcinosarcoma of breast is rare tumor. It mass be consider in diagnosis of patients with large breast mass. |
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