Recurrence of Primary Breast Angiosarcoma 7 Years after Mastectomy in a 17-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report

Miaowei Wu; Yajing Huang; Wei Tian; Yihan Yao; Yongchuan Deng

doi:10.1159/000493881

Recurrence of Primary Breast Angiosarcoma 7 Years after Mastectomy in a 17-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report

Breast Care (Basel). 2019 Oct;14(5):330-333. doi: 10.1159/000493881. Epub 2019 Jan 30.

Authors

Miaowei Wu¹, Yajing Huang², Wei Tian¹, Yihan Yao¹, Yongchuan Deng¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
² Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

Background: Primary breast angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm; breast angiosarcoma patients under 20 years old are extremely rare. The prognosis is often poor due to a high relapse rate after surgical resection.

Case report: We report on a case of a 17-year-old woman suffering from a primary breast angiosarcoma, associated with the local recurrence of a right-breast angiosarcoma 86 months after mastectomy. She received extensive local excision and transplantation of an adjacent skin flap. The post-operation diagnosis was angiosarcoma of histological grade III.

Conclusions: This is a rare case as the patient was below 18 years old and the follow-up was greater than 5 years. Taken together, long-term close follow-up is extremely important, regardless of how long after surgery and the status of the surgical margins.

Keywords: Angiosarcoma; Breast; Recurrence; Surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports