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A 14-year-old girl with breast angiosarcoma died nine months after mastectomy with recurrent disease in the bones and contralateral breast.
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Highlights a rare case of bilateral angiosarcoma of the breast in a pediatric patient with rapid fatal progression.
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Alerts clinicians to aggressive pediatric breast angiosarcoma; leaves open optimal management strategies given sparse evidence.
Malignant vascular tumors are rare and angiosarcomas of the breast in patients under 21 years of age are exceedingly uncommon. In this report an angiosarcoma in the breast of a 14-year-old girl is described. She died nine months after mastectomy with recurrent disease in the bones and the contralateral breast. The etiology of most primary angiosarcomas is unknown. Secondary angiosarcomas can develop after radiotherapy and chronic lymphedema. The histology of this angiosarcoma is illustrated.
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Geel et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Bilateral angiosarcoma of the breast (n=1). Mastectomy was evaluated on Death with recurrent disease. A 14-year-old girl with breast angiosarcoma died nine months after mastectomy with recurrent disease in the bones and contralateral breast.
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