Angiosarcoma de la mama: Presentación de dos casos / Angiosarcoma of the Breast: Report of Two Cases

Los angiosarcomas de la mama son tumores raros que conforman menos del 1 % de las neoplasias mamarias. Estos tumores pueden desarrollarse de forma primaria o secundaria y se han descrito 219 casos en la literatura mundial desde el primer caso informado por Schmidt en 1887. A continuación se presentan dos casos de angiosarcoma primario de la mama y sus principales características en los diferentes métodos diagnósticos.

Angiosarcomas are rare tumors that make up less than 1% of breast cancers. These tumors may develop in a primary or secondary form, and 219 cases have been reported in the literature since the first case described by Schmidt in 1887. Here we present two cases of primary angiosarcoma of the breast and its main features in different imaging modalities

Apoptosis as pathogenic mechanism of infection with vesicular stomatitis virus: evidence in primary bovine fibroblast cultures

To determine whether fibroblasts from Blanco Orejinegro cattle, exhibit any level of resistance to infection against vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) serotypes Indiana (VSV-I) or New Jersey (VSV-NJ), 30 fibroblast cultures were phenotyped to evaluate their resistance/susceptibility. Thirty three % of Blanco Orejinegro fibroblast cultures were classified as very resistant, 50% as resistant, and 17% as susceptible to VSV-I infection, whereas 20% were classified as very resistant, 50% as resistant and 30% as susceptible to VSV-NJ infection. Therefore, there appears to be a large variation in phenotypic polymorphism among the fibroblasts to infection by VSV. To elucidate the mechanisms responsible for this diversity, we searched for a possible relationship between resistance/ susceptibility and production of factors wi th antiviral activity; however fibroblasts did not secrete factors with antiviral activity. We examined also whether apoptosis where induced by infection and its correlation with the polymorphism of resistance/susceptibility to VSV. Using morphological analyses, hypoploidy measurements, and level of phosphatidyl serine expression, high levels of apoptosis were measured in VSV infected fibroblasts. However, no correlation exists between apoptosis and the category of resistance/susceptibility to infection, indicating that apoptosis is a pathogenic mechanism of VSV.