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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the breast in a male patient – a case report
Nenad Nola
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Danko Velimir Vrdoljak
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Vesna Ramljak
; Department of Cytopathology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Fabijan Knežević
; Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Mladen Stanec
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Gordana Brozović
; Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Miroslav Lesar
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Andrej Roth
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Tomislav Orešić
; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb,Croatia
Abstract
A 43-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of palpable tumor localized retromammilary in the left breast. At the admittance, the patient reported the painful bump followed by its fast growing nature. The clinical finding was preoperatively confirmed by radiologic, ultrasound and citology examinations, however, the potential biologic process (malignant/benign) was not thus verified. Considering the undefined diagnostic nature of the process, biopsy, pathohistology and immunoanalysis were performed to indicate leiomyosarcoma of the breast. The radical breast excision in toto (mastectomy) was indicated and performed and then supplemented by locoregional radiotherapy. Leiomyosarcoma of the breast is a very rare primary malignant breast tumor, especially in male patients, with only 14 cases reported in the literature. Considering the rare occurrence of leiomyosarcoma of the male breast, approaches we used in radical surgery are similar to those used in other malignant breast tumors and leiomyosarcoma of other localizations.
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281544
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Publication date:
30.11.2005.
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