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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author Wader, Jyotsna V.
Jain, Akash
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Chougale, Pandurang G.
Kumbhar, Sujata S.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-37072722013-07-17 Apocrine Carcinoma of Breast: A Case Report with Review of the Literature Wader, Jyotsna V. Jain, Akash Bhosale, Suresh J. Chougale, Pandurang G. Kumbhar, Sujata S. Case Rep Pathol Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3707272/ /pubmed/23864975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/170918 Text en Copyright © 2013 Jyotsna V. Wader et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Apocrine Carcinoma of Breast: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
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