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Secretory Carcinoma in a 79- Year-Old Woman: An Exceptionally Rare Type of Breast Carcinoma
Secretory breast carcinoma is an exceptionally rare mammary gland neoplasia described mainly in adult females and children of both sexes, and very rarely in the elderly. It has particular histopathological and immunohistochemical features and a favorable prognosis. We report the case of a 79-year-ol...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28058101 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2016.6650 |
Sumario: | Secretory breast carcinoma is an exceptionally rare mammary gland neoplasia described mainly in adult females and children of both sexes, and very rarely in the elderly. It has particular histopathological and immunohistochemical features and a favorable prognosis. We report the case of a 79-year-old Hispanic woman with a palpable breast mass. Currently, the patient is disease free after a followup period of 6 years without local recurrence or axillary lymph-nodes nor distant metastases. |
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