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We report on a 37-year-old woman who developed a desmoid tumor over the left chest within the field of previous radiotherapy for carcinoma of the breast. She had a history of bilateral sequential carcinoma of the breasts (a right-breast lesion followed by a left-breast lesion) and underwent bilateral mastectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy, with adjuvant chemotherapy given only to the right-breast cancer. Possible causal factors and treatment options for such tumors are highlighted. This case illustrates the importance of histologic confirmation for clinically suspicious local recurrence in patients with a history of breast cancer.
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Yeo, W., Teo, P.M.L., Kwan, W.H. et al. Desmoid tumor mimicking local recurrence of carcinoma of the breast. Int J Clin Oncol 3, 49–51 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02490103
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