A CASE REPORT OF STROMAL SARCOMA OF THE BREAST

Nonepithelial malignant tumors of the breast are relatively uncommon diseases, and few cases of the stromal sarcoma of the breast has been reported. Recently, we experienced a case of 76-year-old woman who had been referred to our hospital due to a well-difined, elastic hard mass in her left breast. The diagnosis of cystsarcoma phyllodes was determined by clinical findings and simple left mastectomy was performed. The histopathological diagnosis was stromal sarcoma of the breast. The patient has been discharged as her wound cured, and kept under medical surveillance for three months. Nowadays, no symptoms of recurrence nor remote metastasis has occurred. We also reviewed previously reported 16 cases of this uncommon disease, and discussed the matter of diagnosis and therapies.