Key result
Modified radical mastectomy followed by radiotherapy resulted in good recovery at 10 months post-treatment in an 84-year-old female with primary angiosarcoma of the breast.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary angiosarcoma of the breast can be diagnosed via FNAC and treated with modified radical mastectomy and radiotherapy, showing good short-term recovery in this case.
May support mastectomy plus radiotherapy for primary breast angiosarcoma in octogenarians; leaves open need for prospective data on long-term outcomes.
Primary angiosarcoma of breast is an extremely unusual variant of breast malignancies and its incidence is about 0.05% of all primary breast malignancies. Herein, we are presenting an unusual case of an 84 year old female patient with primary angiosarcoma of breast, which was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and confirmed with histopathology and immunohistochemistry approaches. She was treated with modified radical mastectomy (MRM), followed by radiotherapy and was observed to be recovering well based on the last 10 months of her post-treatment follow-up visit.
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Ingle et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Primary angiosarcoma of breast (n=1). Modified radical mastectomy (MRM) followed by radiotherapy was evaluated on Recovery status. Modified radical mastectomy followed by radiotherapy resulted in good recovery at 10 months post-treatment in an 84-year-old female with primary angiosarcoma of the breast.
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