Apocrine Carcinoma of Breast: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

Apocrine carcinoma is a very rare form of breast malignancy with an incidence of <1% of female invasive breast carcinoma. We report a case of apocrine carcinoma in a 42-year female with marked adenosis showing apocrine metaplasia and discuss the criteria to diagnose apocrine carcinoma with the em...

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Autores principales: Wader, Jyotsna V., Jain, Akash, Bhosale, Suresh J., Chougale, Pandurang G., Kumbhar, Sujata S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/170918
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Sumario:Apocrine carcinoma is a very rare form of breast malignancy with an incidence of <1% of female invasive breast carcinoma. We report a case of apocrine carcinoma in a 42-year female with marked adenosis showing apocrine metaplasia and discuss the criteria to diagnose apocrine carcinoma with the emerging concept of androgen receptor positivity with its implication on treatment and management of the patient.

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