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Cutaneous lesions in sporadic angiosarcomas of the breast: a misleading presentation Volume 26, numéro 3, May-June 2016

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Auteurs
1 Anticancer Institute Léon Bérard,
Onco-Dermatology,
Lyon, France
2 Anatomo-Pathology Department,
CHU Le Bocage,
Dijon, France
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Angiosarcomas account for less than 2% of all soft tissue sarcomas [1]. Localization to the breast is even rarer, representing less than 1% of all breast cancers [2]. There are two reported forms of angiosarcoma, which have common features but differ in their clinical aspects. The first type is post-irradiation angiosarcoma, which appears several years after radiation therapy for breast carcinoma, and usually presents with skin lesions. The second type is primary mammary angiosarcoma, which has no [...]