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Case Report - An unusual case of metaplastic breast carcinoma (sarcomatoid variant) Kiran Alam, Veena Maheshwari, Hasan Harris, Ghazala Mehdi Abstract We present a case of a female aged 40 years with metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, which is a rare neoplasm. Although it is a tumour of the ductal type the predominant component of the neoplasm has an appearance other than epithelial or glandular and more in keeping with other cell types. Metaplastic sarcomatoid carcinoma runs a very aggressive course metastasizing more frequently via the blood stream than the lymphatics and bears an unfavourable prognosis for the patient Keywords Metaplastic carcinoma, Neoplasm, Breast.

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