Breast desmoid tumor with spectacular evolution: a case report and review of current treatment options (FULL ARTICLE)
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Breast desmoid tumor with spectacular evolution: a case report and review of current treatment options (FULL ARTICLE)
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Raguzzi E, Duhoux FP, Mazzeo F, Samartzi V, Libbrecht L, Van Bockstal M, Galant C, Fellah L, Berliere M.
(1)Breast clinic, Institut Roi Albert II, Cliniques universitaires St Luc, UCL, Bruxelles.
Publication
Clin of Surg
Summary
We here report the case of a 63-year-old woman who underwent a tumorectomy for left breast cancer and developed six years later a large desmoid tumor in the same breast. First medically treated with selective estrogen receptor modulators and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, it progressed to an ulcerative exophytic and necrotic tumor requiring surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a spectacular evolution in the literature. After reporting on this uncommon evolution of a rare disease, we will provide a short review of current treatment options.
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