Primary breast synovial sarcoma: a rare primary breast neoplasm
A primary synovial sarcoma based on the breast is rare. The usual tumours on the breast are carcinomas. Synovial sarcomas account for about 6–9% of soft tissue sarcomas and most commonly develop in the extremity of young adults (80%). The other 20% of synovial sarcomas can arise in non-extremity sit...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical & translational oncology 2009-12, Vol.11 (12), p.854-855 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A primary synovial sarcoma based on the breast is rare. The usual tumours on the breast are carcinomas. Synovial sarcomas account for about 6–9% of soft tissue sarcomas and most commonly develop in the extremity of young adults (80%). The other 20% of synovial sarcomas can arise in non-extremity sites (trunk 8%, retroperitoneal/abdominal 7%, head and neck 5%) but synovial sarcomas can develop in almost any other anatomical location. We report a case of a young woman who presented with a suspected common breast tumour and started treatment of this tumour with carcinoma neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We were surprised when the pathologist identified a synovial sarcoma in the histopathology study. |
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ISSN: | 1699-048X 1699-3055 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12094-009-0456-1 |