Sarcomatoid/metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: a clinicopathological study of 12 cases
Abstract
To analyse the clinical and pathological features with long-term follow-up of a series of 12 cases of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the breast. methods and results: The cases were selected from the surgical files of the Department of Pathology, University of Edinburgh, between 1977 and 1988. The following clinical parameters were recorded: the age of the patients, size of tumour, presence or absence of lymph node or distant metastases, and patient survival. Pathological assessment included: the type of epithelial and mesenchymal components, the proportion of monophasic to biphasic tumours and the presence of adjacent in-situ carcinoma/atypical epithelial proliferation. The mean age of the patients was 61 years with a median of 64 and range 46-82 years. The mean size of the tumour was 52 mm (range 22-100 mm). None of the patients had distant metastasis at presentation and only one case had local lymph node metastasis which had a carcinomatous appearance. Five women were still alive after a minimum 12-year follow-up period. Four patients died of their disease (three with lung metastasis only and one with lung and bone metastases), one died of carcinoma of the cervix and two patients were lost to follow-up. Pathologically, four cases (...Continue Reading
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