Unilateral synchronous breast tumors. Rare association of myofibroblastoma and osteosarcoma

G Chir. 2013 Apr;34(4):101-5.

Abstract

The authors describe the case of a patient with two particularly rare contiguous tumors, myofibroblastoma and osteosarcoma, in the same breast. Rare does not mean untreatable, and the chance of recovery is no less than with more common tumors. However, rare tumors do present a significant problem for pathologists due to diagnostic difficulties, and so an exact prognosis is not always possible.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Mastectomy, Simple / methods
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / surgery
  • Osteosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology*
  • Osteosarcoma / surgery
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome