Cystosarcoma phylloides of the breast: a rare diagnosis. A case report and review of the literature

Massimo  Vergine; Vittorio  Pasta; Adriano  Redler; Elisabetta  Santucci; Ilaria  Vasselli; Laura  Ballesio; Massimo  Monti

1 Nov 2012Case Report

Massimo Vergine ¹Vittorio Pasta ¹Adriano Redler ¹Elisabetta Santucci ¹Ilaria Vasselli ¹Laura Ballesio ²Massimo 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