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A rare tumour of the breast: Carcinosarcoma

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Hellenic Journal of Surgery

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We present a 55-year-old female patient with a mass in her right breast characterized by rapid growth and positive axillary lymph-nodes. The frozen section showed an aggressive malignacy of carcinosarcoma also known as metaplastic carcinoma which is a very rare tumour that accounts for just 0.08–0,2% of all brest cancers. We proceeded to perform a right modified radical mastectomy. We discuss the properties of this rare tumour and therapeutic challenges.

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  1. İstanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Educational Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

    Sinan Aslan, Oktay Yener, Duygu Kösemetin, Mehmet Buldanlı & Orhan Alimoglu

  2. İstanbul Medipol University Medical Faculty, İstanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Yılmaz

  3. Plaj yolu Yıldız sok. kaya apt no 16 d10 Caddebostan, İstanbul, Turkey

    Oktay Yener

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Aslan, S., Yener, O., Kösemetin, D. et al. A rare tumour of the breast: Carcinosarcoma. Hellenic J Surg 86, 178–180 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-014-0123-z

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