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Ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings were presented for a patient with primary breast angiosarcoma, a rare malignancy.
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Primary breast angiosarcoma is a rare malignancy in premenopausal women that can be misdiagnosed and requires careful multimodality imaging and biopsy for accurate diagnosis and management.
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Adds imaging descriptors for rare breast angiosarcoma; leaves open standardized criteria pending larger cohorts.
Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignancy that may be easily misdiagnosed. Of the two forms, the more common form presents in patients (typically postmenopausal0 with a history of breast cancer, secondary to irradiation or chronic lymphedema. In contrast, the rarer form, primary angiosarcoma, arises sporadically in premenopausal women who present with palpable masses. Primary angiosarcoma accounts for 1 in 2,500 cases (0.04%) of breast cancer (1). The described patient presented with primary breast angiosarcoma. Ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings are presented.
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Dashevsky et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Primary breast angiosarcoma (n=1). Ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated on Imaging findings. Ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings were presented for a patient with primary breast angiosarcoma, a rare malignancy.
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