Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome

Synchronous bilateral male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. The majority of MBC patients have no definable risk factors. We describe a case with Klinefelter’s syndrome, prior thymic irradiation, testicular surgery, and first degree family history...

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Autores principales: Hoque, H M R, Kothari, A, Hamed, H, Fentiman, I S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20463819
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author Hoque, H M R
Kothari, A
Hamed, H
Fentiman, I S
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description Synchronous bilateral male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. The majority of MBC patients have no definable risk factors. We describe a case with Klinefelter’s syndrome, prior thymic irradiation, testicular surgery, and first degree family history in a 61-year-old male.
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spelling pubmed-28665532010-05-12 Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome Hoque, H M R Kothari, A Hamed, H Fentiman, I S Int J Gen Med Case Report Synchronous bilateral male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. The majority of MBC patients have no definable risk factors. We describe a case with Klinefelter’s syndrome, prior thymic irradiation, testicular surgery, and first degree family history in a 61-year-old male. Dove Medical Press 2010-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2866553/ /pubmed/20463819 Text en © 2010 Hoque et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fentiman, I S
Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome
title Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome
title_full Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome
title_fullStr Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome
title_short Synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with Klinefelter’s syndrome
title_sort synchronous bilateral breast cancer in a patient with klinefelter’s syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20463819
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