Breast Location for De Novo Extramedullary Myeloid Sarcoma

Giovanni Tazzioli, Enza Palma, Anna Gambini, Andrea Messerotti, Leonardo Potenza, Mario Luppi, Antonella Drago, Maria Grazia Amorico, Monica Barbolini, Guido Ficarra and Federico Piacentini

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children & Adults, Oncologic Breast Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children & Adults, Division of Hematology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children & Adults, Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Federico Piacentini 

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Abstract:

Background: Myeloid Sarcoma (MS) is a rare hematologic cancer, which can occur as a breast mass to be distinguished from other non-hematopoietic tumors.Case
Presentation: This report describe the unusual clinical history of a young woman diagnosed with MS. Radiotherapy/surgery alone may be inadequate, while chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation demonstrated to improve the prognosis for the isolated extramedullary localization.Conclusion: Performing a needle biopsy in order to exclude the diagnosis of a primitive breast disease is irreplaceable.

Keywords:

Breast mass; Myeloid sarcoma; De Novo

Cite the Article:

Tazzioli G, Palma E, Gambini A, Messerotti A, Potenza L, Luppi M, et al. Breast Location for De Novo Extramedullary Myeloid Sarcoma. Clin Oncol. 2018; 3: 1525.