Cystosarcoma phylloides of the breast: a rare diagnosis. A case report and review of the literature
Massimo Vergine 1, Vittorio Pasta 1, Adriano Redler 1, Elisabetta Santucci 1, Ilaria Vasselli 1, Laura Ballesio 2, Massimo Monti 1
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Article Info
1 Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università di Roma “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
2 Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Anatomopatologiche ed Oncologiche, Università di Roma “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Abstract
Sarcoma of the breast is a rare condition, with one possible meaning of relapse ad metastastasize, and behaves biologically as a stromal tumor. Surgery is the first choise and mastectomy is the best procedure adopted in these tumors. The aim of our study was to assess diagnostic and treatment options for PT, based on a review of the literature and our experience with a case of breast sarcoma arising from a phyllodes tumor.
Keywords
- Breast lesion
- Cystosarcoma phyllodes
- Phyllodes tumor