Key result
A 21-year-old female treated for primary angiosarcoma of the right breast developed metastasis to the left breast four years later.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare case of bilateral primary angiosarcoma of the breast in a young patient.
Documents novel breast angiosarcoma case; extends sparse literature but leaves optimal management open.
Angiosarcomas are rare tumors arising from endothelial lining of vascular channels. The first case of breast angiosarcoma was presented in 1907 by Borrman and the first case of secondary angiosarcoma described in 1987 by Body. There are 2 main types. Haemangiosarcomas in blood vessels and lymphangiosarcomas in lymphatic vessel walls. All angiosarcomas tend to be aggressive and are mostly multicentric. These tumors have very high local recurrence rate and metastasis because of their intrinsic biologic properties. They are often misdiagnosed leading to a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate. We present a case of a 21-year-old female presented with an ulcerated right breast lesion which was diagnosed as primary angiosarcoma of breast with metastasis to left breast after 4 years.
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Yadav et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Primary angiosarcoma of breast (n=1). Simple mastectomy and chemotherapy was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 21-year-old female treated for primary angiosarcoma of the right breast developed metastasis to the left breast four years later.
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