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Pleomorphic liposarcoma of breast - a rare case report

Priyanka P .

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Sarcomas of the breast constitute less than 1 percentage of all malignant tumors of breast. Liposarcoma has an incidence of 0.003 percentage of breast sarcomas. Here we present a rare case of pleomorphic sarcoma of breast in a 47 year old lady with right breast mass with mammography suggestive of a malignant lesion. Fine needle aspiration cytology revealed features suggestive of malignancy with the following possibilities Malignant phylloides, Metaplastic carcinoma of breast. Simple mastectomy was performed. The tumor was diagnosed histologically as pleomorphic liposarcoma of breast. The patient was discharged and the postoperative period was uneventful.

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