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Case Reports
. 2017 Nov 5:4:138-140.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2017.11.001. eCollection 2017.

Primary breast chondrosarcoma: Imaging and pathological findings

Antonio Matteo Amadu  1 , Daniela Soro  1 , Vincenzo Marras  2 , Giulia Satta  2 , Paola Crivelli  1 , Maurizio Conti  1 , Giovanni Battista Meloni  1
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Case Reports

Primary breast chondrosarcoma: Imaging and pathological findings

Antonio Matteo Amadu et al. Eur J Radiol Open. .

Abstract

We present the case of a 62 year-old woman who was admitted to our institute of radiological sciences for a breast mass developed in the last few months. The final diagnosis was primary breast chondrosarcoma and the surgical treatment performed, based on imaging and pathological findings, was the mastectomy.

Keywords: Breast MRI; Breast cancer; Primary breast chondrosarcoma.

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Fig. 1
(A,B) Mammography. A mass, involving all four quadrants with microcalcifications in the centre (arrow), is seen in the right breast.
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The mass, mixed fluid and solid, showed great peripheral vascularity and penetrating vessels at color Doppler (arrow).
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(A) Breast MRI. T2-weighted image showed a disomogeneous solid mass with central fluid areas. (B) Post-contrast dynamic image revealed an intense peripherical CE (arrow), the central area did not show CE.
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(A) E&H 40x. Neoplastic condroid cells with atypical nuclei and simil-mixoid matrix. (B) E&H 10x. The tumour showed a central necrotic area; while the condroid area is associated with hypercellularity mixed with spotty haemorragic areas.
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Fig. 5
(A,B) Abdominal and cranial i.v. contrast enhanced CT examination showed no evidence of distant metastasis.
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