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Primary breast synovial sarcoma: a rare primary breast neoplasm

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A primary synovial sarcoma based on the breast is rare. The usual tumours on the breast are carcinomas. Synovial sarcomas account for about 6–9% of soft tissue sarcomas and most commonly develop in the extremity of young adults (80%). The other 20% of synovial sarcomas can arise in non-extremity sites (trunk 8%, retroperitoneal/abdominal 7%, head and neck 5%) but synovial sarcomas can develop in almost any other anatomical location. We report a case of a young woman who presented with a suspected common breast tumour and started treatment of this tumour with carcinoma neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We were surprised when the pathologist identified a synovial sarcoma in the histopathology study.

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  1. Servicio de Oncología Radioterápica, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan d’Alacant, Crta. Ncal. 332 Alicante-Valencia, s/n, ES-03550, Sant Joan d’Alacant, Alicante, Spain

    Vicente Tormo & Francisco J. Andreu

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Tormo, V., Andreu, F.J. Primary breast synovial sarcoma: a rare primary breast neoplasm. Clin Transl Oncol 11, 854–855 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-009-0456-1

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