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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 311-313 |
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Primary chondrosarcoma of breast - cytology with histopathological correlation: A rare case report with review of literature
Sankappa P. Sinhasan, K. V. Bharathi, Ramachandra V. Bhat, Simon David Dasiah
Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Sankappa P. Sinhasan
Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry Government Institutions, Puducherry - 605 009
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.134727
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Malignant mesenchymal tumors of the breast other than angiosarcoma are extremely rare and comprise <0.5% of breast tumors. Primary chondrosarcoma of the breast is an extremely rare entity and only 10 cases are reported as single case reports in literature until date. A diagnosis of primary mammary sarcoma can be established only after excluding metaplastic carcinomas and malignant phyllodes by extensive sampling for evidence of in situ or invasive carcinoma. Here, we report a primary chondrosarcoma of breast in a 55-year-old lady diagnosed precisely on fine-needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by histopatholigcal examination after total mastectomy. We emphasize on diagnostic difficulties encountered in cytology smears and discuss differential diagnoses. |
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