Primary breast osteosarcoma: a case report and review of literature

Abstract

Background: Primary soft tissue sarcomas are uncommon. We report a case of primary breast osteosarcoma which was treated successfully. This case report is combined with a literature review of this rare breast malignancy.

Methods: Electronic literature search of databases: Pubmed/Medline, Ovid and EMBASE, in addition to the search engines Google/Google Scholar and Bing. The keywords used were breast osteosarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma and breast cancer. Searches were screened and those studies thought to be relevant had full text versions retrieved. The references to all retrieved texts were searched for further relevant studies.

Conclusion: Primary breast osteosarcoma is a rare breast malignancy that affects elderly patients. Diagnosis is often challenging and can be debatable due to its rarity, non-specific radiological findings and the complicated histopathological subtypes. Surgery is the treatment of choice.

Keywords: Breast osteosarcoma; breast cancer; soft tissue sarcoma.