Vinay Singhal1, John M Cosgrove. 1. Department of Surgery, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Centre, Bronx, NY 10457, USA. vinay.singhal@yahoo.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Primary tumors of the breast containing bone and cartilage are extremely rare, and an osteogenic sarcoma arising from a cystosarcoma phyllodes is exceptional. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old Indian woman presented with a breast mass which was diagnosed as osteosarcoma of the breast on biopsy. Our patient was treated with a simple mastectomy after excluding the presence of skeletal primary and extra-mammary metastases. Final pathology showed a cystosarcoma phyllodes with signs of osteogenic sarcoma. CONCLUSION: Although osteogenic sarcomas of the breast are rare, they need to be distinguished from carcinosarcomas and metaplastic carcinomas as the management of the two differ.
INTRODUCTION:Primary tumors of the breast containing bone and cartilage are extremely rare, and an osteogenic sarcoma arising from a cystosarcomaphyllodes is exceptional. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old Indian woman presented with a breast mass which was diagnosed as osteosarcoma of the breast on biopsy. Our patient was treated with a simple mastectomy after excluding the presence of skeletal primary and extra-mammary metastases. Final pathology showed a cystosarcomaphyllodes with signs of osteogenic sarcoma. CONCLUSION: Although osteogenic sarcomas of the breast are rare, they need to be distinguished from carcinosarcomas and metaplastic carcinomas as the management of the two differ.
Authors: Anna Rizzi; Alberto Soregaroli; Claudia Zambelli; Fausto Zorzi; Stefano Mutti; Claudio Codignola; Paola Bertocchi; Alberto Zaniboni Journal: Case Rep Oncol Med Date: 2013-04-07