Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Leiomyosarcoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm, primarily reported in older women. Only 44 cases have been reported in world literature and to the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported from India till date. We report a case of primary breast leiomyosarcoma in an adolescent girl who under...
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| description | Leiomyosarcoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm, primarily reported in older women. Only 44 cases have been reported in world literature and to the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported from India till date. We report a case of primary breast leiomyosarcoma in an adolescent girl who underwent a lumpectomy for rapidly increasing lump in the left breast. Here we report the histological findings and immunohistochemical profile of this entity, along with a review of existing literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f88c3d6331c4c519cb6a5618c0007902025-02-03T05:49:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/491984491984Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureSwapnil Ulhas Rane0Charu Batra1Uma Nahar Saikia2Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, IndiaDepartment of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, IndiaDepartment of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, IndiaLeiomyosarcoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm, primarily reported in older women. Only 44 cases have been reported in world literature and to the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported from India till date. We report a case of primary breast leiomyosarcoma in an adolescent girl who underwent a lumpectomy for rapidly increasing lump in the left breast. Here we report the histological findings and immunohistochemical profile of this entity, along with a review of existing literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/491984 |
| spellingShingle | Swapnil Ulhas Rane Charu Batra Uma Nahar Saikia Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | primary leiomyosarcoma of breast in an adolescent girl a case report and review of the literature |
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