Cluster of Differentiation 10 Positive Stromal Sarcoma of Breast: A Diagnostic Challenge

Primary Stromal Sarcoma of Breast: A Rare Entity

Primary soft tissue sarcomas of the breast constitute less than 5% of all soft tissue sarcomas and less than 1% of malignant breast cancers. The rarity of this tumor limits most studies to small retrospective case reviews and case reports. Primary breast sarcomas are locally aggressive tumors as evidenced by the high rate of local recurrence when excisional surgery is performed. A contemporary ...

Primary Stromal Sarcoma of Breast with Nodal Recurrence

  Although most breast cancers are adenocarcinomas of the mammary gland, primary breast sarcomas may also arise from mammary gland mesenchymal tissue. Sarcomas represent less than 1% of primary breast neoplasms. These tumors are at high risk of recurrence and are known to have poor prognosis. Surgical resection is the primary treatment for these lesions and axillary lymph node dissection is no...

Pseudoachalasia: a diagnostic challenge

Here, we present a case of a 78-year-old man that underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy because of one- monthhistory of dysphagia to liquids and solid foods with accompanying weight loss. On endoscopy, there was distalesophageal stenosis. Multiple biopsies were obtained. Histologic examination of the samples revealed normaltissue. The stenosis was treated by dilatation and abdomino pelvic comput...

Primary stromal sarcoma of the breast.

Primary stromal sarcoma of the breast

© 2012, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is the most common cancer of female population worldwide. In Cancer Statistics 2010, breast cancer remains the heading type of cancer with an estimate of 28% in American women (1). The vast majority of breast cancers are carcinomas, while breast sarcomas are few (2-5). Sarcomas represent less than 1% of all pri...