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Vascular Tumors of the Breast

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While any type of vascular tumor can present in the breast, this chapter will focus on vascular tumors that more typically present in the breast. For example, there is a wide range of cutaneous hemangiomas, any of which could present in the skin of the breast, these entities will not be discussed in this chapter. The first half of the chapter will deal with benign vascular tumors, followed by a discussion of radiation and lymphedema-associated vascular tumors and finally primary angiosarcoma of the breast.

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Billings, S.D. (2021). Vascular Tumors of the Breast. In: Rowe, J.J., Downs-Kelly, E. (eds) Mesenchymal Tumors of the Breast and Their Mimics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74474-8_4

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