Kumar Anamika, Joshi Pranjali, K Satish Chaitanya, Singh Bhagyashree, Deori Ananya, Sharda Prateek, Ravi Bina, Syed Anjum
Integrated Breast Care Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, 249203, India.
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
Radiol Case Rep. 2023 Jan 14;18(3):1282-1285. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.12.042. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Pectoralis major muscle sarcomas are extremely rare and can mimic breast lesion clinically. We report a case of poorly differentiated sarcoma of the pectoralis major muscle in a 63-year-old woman of south east Asian ethnicity presenting with a progressively increasing right breast lump. Mammography, ultrasonography (US), contrast-enhanced computed tomography, and biopsy were done to make the final diagnosis. Complete surgical excision was planned but deferred due to pulmonary metastasis, and the patient was treated with palliative chemotherapy. Clinical examination may be confusing but radiological and pathological investigations provide detailed information about the location and the extent of the disease and a definitive tissue diagnosis can only be made on histopathology which will be helpful in preoperative planning and further treatment of the patient.
胸大肌肉瘤极为罕见,临床上可酷似乳腺病变。我们报告一例63岁东南亚裔女性的胸大肌低分化肉瘤,患者表现为右乳肿块逐渐增大。进行了乳房X线摄影、超声检查、增强计算机断层扫描及活检以做出最终诊断。原本计划进行完整手术切除,但因肺转移而推迟,患者接受了姑息化疗。临床检查可能会造成混淆,但影像学和病理学检查可提供有关疾病位置和范围的详细信息,只有通过组织病理学才能做出明确的组织诊断,这将有助于患者的术前规划和进一步治疗。