RUPTURE OF THE SPLEEN IN A PATIENT WITH METASTATIC ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE BREAST

Authors
CONN K BROOKS M BATES T
Citation
K. Conn et al., RUPTURE OF THE SPLEEN IN A PATIENT WITH METASTATIC ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE BREAST, European journal of surgical oncology, 24(2), 1998, pp. 152-152
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Oncology
Journal title
European journal of surgical oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07487983
Volume
24
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
152 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-7983(1998)24:2<152:ROTSIA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare tumour. We report a young woman w ho required an urgent mastectomy for bleeding. Metastatic disease resu lted in her spleen rupturing after minor abdominal trauma, This has no t been previously described.