Angiosarcoma of the breast which was developed after radiotherapy: case presentation

Mehmet Veysi BAHADIR; Mesut GÜL; Zuhat URAKÇI; Arif HAMİDİ; Hıdır BUDAK; Sadullah GİRGİN

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Angiosarcoma of the breast which was developed after radiotherapy: case presentation

Authors:

Mehmet Veysi BAHADIR | Mesut GÜL | Zuhat URAKÇI | Arif HAMİDİ | Hıdır BUDAK | Sadullah GİRGİN

Publisher:

Veysi AKPOLAT

Journal:

International Archives of Medical Research 2015 Vol.7 Issue 1, pp.15-20

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2015

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000470332

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

2146-6033

Abstract:

 

Objective: For the patients who underwent breast conserving surgery because of breast
 cancer; radiotherapy is given routinely to residual breast tissue as complementary treatment.
 In this article; breast sarcoma case, which was developed after radiotherapy, was discussed in
 a patient to whom breast conserving surgery was done.
 Method: Breast-conserving surgery and axillary lymph node dissection was performed to
 sixty-one years old female patient due to invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast
 diagnosis for about 5 years ago. Adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy was applied to the
 patient. At 5th year of follow-up; mastectomy was performed due to residual malignant mass
 in breast tissue and the patient's pathology result was reported as a high-grade spindle cell
 angiosarcoma. First-line chemotherapy was given and the patient died 16 months after
 diagnosis.
 Conclusion: Post radiation sarcoma is one of the rare occasions which should be kept mind
 and its clinical presentation may interfere with breast cancer recurrence in the patients who
 underwent breast-conserving surgery.

Article Details

Angiosarcoma of the breast which was developed after radiotherapy: case presentation

Authors: Mehmet Veysi BAHADIR | Mesut GÜL | Zuhat URAKÇI | Arif HAMİDİ | Hıdır BUDAK | Sadullah GİRGİN

Publisher: Veysi AKPOLAT

Journal: International Archives of Medical Research 2015 Vol.7 Issue 1, pp.15-20

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2015

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000470332

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 2146-6033

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Authors:

Mehmet Veysi BAHADIR | Mesut GÜL | Zuhat URAKÇI | Arif HAMİDİ | Hıdır BUDAK | Sadullah GİRGİN

Publisher:

Veysi AKPOLAT

Journal:

International Archives of Medical Research 2015 Vol.7 Issue 1, pp.15-20

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2015

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000470332

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

2146-6033