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Fine-needle aspiration of metastatic radiation-induced cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast to the liver: A diagnostic dilemma.

Department of Cytopathology, New York University, New York, USA.
Diagnostic Cytopathology (impact factor: 1.16). 02/2010; 38(10):768-71. DOI:10.1002/dc.21331 pp.768-71
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Radiation therapy is a significant risk factor for the development of angiosarcoma. With the increase in breast conservation treatment, the incidence of cutaneous radiation-induced angiosarcoma of the breast is rising. If the angiosarcoma demonstrates epithelioid features, the tumor cells may present a diagnostic dilemma on fine-needle aspiration cytology. We present a case of metastatic radiation-induced cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma of the breast to the liver and a review of the literature.

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Keywords

angiosarcoma
 
breast conservation treatment
 
cutaneous radiation-induced angiosarcoma
 
diagnostic dilemma
 
epithelioid features
 
fine-needle aspiration cytology
 
metastatic radiation-induced cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma
 
Radiation therapy
 
tumor cells
 

Ji-Weon Park