AU - Sinhasan, Sankappa
AU - Bharathi, K.
AU - Bhat, Ramachandra
AU - Dasiah, Simon
TI - Primary chondrosarcoma of breast - cytology with histopathological correlation: A rare case report with review of literature
PT - CASE
DP - 2012 Apr 1
TA - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
PG - 311-313
VI - 60
IP - 4
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AB - Malignant mesenchymal tumors of the breast other than angiosarcoma are extremely rare and comprise <0.5% of breast tumors. Primary chondrosarcoma of the breast is an extremely rare entity and only 10 cases are reported as single case reports in literature until date. A diagnosis of primary mammary sarcoma can be established only after excluding metaplastic carcinomas and malignant phyllodes by extensive sampling for evidence of in situ or invasive carcinoma. Here, we report a primary chondrosarcoma of breast in a 55-year-old lady diagnosed precisely on fine-needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by histopatholigcal examination after total mastectomy. We emphasize on diagnostic difficulties encountered in cytology smears and discuss differential diagnoses.