Breast Surgery

High-grade pleomorphic liposarcoma of the breast

Tiffany Whitsell, Karen Marcovis, Sandy Ruhs, Matthew Andres and Susan Beck

Liposarcoma is a mesenchymal neoplasm of uncertain pathogenesis. It is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma, found uncommonly in the breast, and constitutes less than 1% of all malignant breast tumors. We report a case of a 50-year-old woman with a pleomorphic type liposarcoma of the breast.

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(Vol 11 p 87-91, Breast surgery; General surgery; Oncology; Pathology; Radiology: 17 October 2011)

Carcinoma within a breast hamartoma

S. Ahmad

Breast hamartoma is an uncommon pathological entity. It is exceedingly rare to find ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma within a breast hamartoma. We report one such case treated at our unit.

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(Vol 10 p 113-116, Breast Surgery; Oncology: 20 December 2010)

Gastrocutaneous fistula: case report and literature review

Alex Hotouras, Adhip Mandal, Veera Karri and Aarti Varma

We report the case of a 91-year-old lady who presented with a gastrocutaneous fistula in the absence of any recent surgery. We review the literature and discuss this uncommon surgical problem.

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(Vol 8 p 10-13, Breast Surgery, gastroenterology; General Surgery: 28 February 2008)

Contents by specialty

Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK