Breast sarcoma: Cuban experience on two cases

Authors

  • Rodolfo Morales Valdés Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Jesús Isaac de Armas Prado Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Rodolfo Morales Mato Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

breast neoplasms, sarcoma/surgery

Abstract

Two cases of female patients attending the Surgery Department for having a large breast lesion are presented. Both cases had breast sarcomas. Case 1 corresponds to a patient of the Republic of Mali, a 60-year-old patient who attended the Kati hospital in that nation. The patient, presenting a tumor located in a right supernumerary breast, was treated by a Cuban doctor belonging to the Arnaldo Milian Castro Provincial University Hospital of Villa Clara, Cuba, who is currently serving international mission in the African country. Case No. 2 is a 65-year-old female patient who attended the multidisciplinary consultation of the aforementioned hospital in Villa Clara because of a large lesion in the right breast.

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Author Biographies

Rodolfo Morales Valdés, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Cirugía General. Profesor Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Jesús Isaac de Armas Prado, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Cirugía General. Profesor Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Rodolfo Morales Mato, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Estudiante de Medicina

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Morales Valdés R, de Armas Prado JI, Morales Mato R. Breast sarcoma: Cuban experience on two cases. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Jan. 5 [cited 2025 Jun. 27];6(1):93-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/694

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012): January-March. Special Issue on Surgery

Section

Case Reports

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