Abstract
Radiotherapy-induced sarcoma arising from the chest wall after mastectomy and irradiation
is uncommon but deserves special attention due to the increasing incidence of this
soft-tissue sarcoma, contributed by the early detection and employment of radiotherapy
in the treatment of breast carcinoma. We report the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) features of two patients who developed cutaneous high-grade
sarcoma after mastectomy and irradiation for primary breast tumours more than 5 years
ago.
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Publication history
Published online: November 19, 2004
Received in revised form:
April 10,
2004
Received:
April 5,
2004
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© 2005 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
