Primary angiosarcoma (diagnosed in a patient who has never had breast cancer) may feel like a thickened area of the breast. In some cases, the nearby skin may turn blue or reddish and appear to have a rash, or to be bruised.
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A breast angiosarcoma is a rare type of breast cancer which starts in cells that line the blood vessels within your breast or underarm area.
Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare entity and it has the worst prognosis of all breast malignancies. It is a highly aggressive tumor and the total mastectomy is the preferred treatment. The development is distinguished by general metastasis.
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Moyamoya disease is a rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted. Blood flow is blocked by the constriction, and also by blood clots (thrombosis).This condition is caused by blocked arteries at the base of the brain in an area called the basal ganglia.
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Q:My mom has been recently diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the breast grade 2/3, possibly due to the radiation she received on that breast for a ductal carcinoma. She had a lumpectomy followed by radiation in 2004 august. We are worried about her prognosis based on what I read on the web - it pretty much looks like the end in few months. Any care to be taken to survive longer?. As of now, they did mastectomy and removed the breast. The doctors are saying no chemotherapy as it is not effective in this case.
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Moyamoya syndrome also called Moyamoya disease is an inherited disease of the cerebral vasculature with particular involvement of the circle of Willis and the arteries that feed it.
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Weak or damaged valves in the veins can cause varicose veins. After your arteries deliver oxygen-rich blood to your body, your veins return the blood to your heart. The veins in your legs must work against gravity to do this.
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The signs and symptoms for Moyamoya Disease includes many aspects.
The most common symptom in children is a stroke or repeated transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Muscle weakness, paralysis that affects one side of the body and seizures will accompany the stroke or TIAs.
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