Abstract
Primary angiosarcomas following reconstructive surgery are thought to be attributable to radiotherapy or lymphoedema. We report the first case of a patient presenting with breast angiosarcoma demonstrating multiple morphologies (including the rare epithelioid subtype) arising after breast-conserving reconstruction for a previous adenocarcinoma, in the absence of these predisposing risk factors.
Level of Evidence: Level V, diagnostic study
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Miyagi, K., Shah, A., Patel, N. et al. Angiosarcoma of the breast following reconstructive surgery in the absence of radiotherapy or lymphoedema. Eur J Plast Surg 36, 793–796 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-013-0865-9
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