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A Rare Case of Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Breast

Maria Kiakou

Maria Kiakou

401 General Military HospitalAthens, Greece
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Kiakou, Maria
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Maria Tolia

Maria Tolia

Department of Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, University of CreteHeraklion, Greece
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Tolia, Maria
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Nektarios Koufopoulos

Nektarios Koufopoulos

2nd Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University HospitalAthens, Greece
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Koufopoulos, Nektarios
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Konstantinos Tsapakidis

Konstantinos Tsapakidis

401 General Military HospitalAthens, Greece
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Tsapakidis, Konstantinos
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Eleni Arvanitou

Eleni Arvanitou

401 General Military HospitalAthens, Greece
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Arvanitou, Eleni
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Gkikas Konstantinos

Gkikas Konstantinos

401 General Military HospitalAthens, Greece
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Konstantinos, Gkikas
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Nikolaos Charalambakis

Nikolaos Charalambakis

Department of Medical Oncology, Metaxa Cancer HospitalPiraeus, Greece
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Charalambakis, Nikolaos
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Michalis Nikolaou

Michalis Nikolaou

1st Oncology Department, Anti-cancer Hospital “Saint Savvas”Athens, Greece
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Nikolaou, Michalis
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Dimitrios Matthaios

Dimitrios Matthaios

Department of Medical Oncology, Rhodes General HospitalRhodes, Greece
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Matthaios, Dimitrios
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Nikolaos Tsoukalas

Nikolaos Tsoukalas

401 General Military HospitalAthens, Greece
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Mar 27, 2023
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Article Category: Case report
Published Online: Mar 27, 2023
Page range: 48 - 52
Received: Jul 14, 2022
Accepted: Dec 22, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fco-2022-0006
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Figure 1

On low power examination the tumor shows a biphasic pattern consisting of epithelial and sarcomatoid elements (Fig. 1, H&E x 4).
On low power examination the tumor shows a biphasic pattern consisting of epithelial and sarcomatoid elements (Fig. 1, H&E x 4).

Figure 2

On higher power examination the epithelial component displays high-grade atypia (Fig. 2, H&E x 20).
On higher power examination the epithelial component displays high-grade atypia (Fig. 2, H&E x 20).

Figure 3

On higher power examination the sarcomatoid component consists of a proliferation of high-grade pleomorphic spindle cells (Fig. 3, H&E x 20).
On higher power examination the sarcomatoid component consists of a proliferation of high-grade pleomorphic spindle cells (Fig. 3, H&E x 20).
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