Small Cell Carcinoma in the Mammary Gland: Primary or Metastatic? A Diagnostic Challenge

Metastatic tumours to the mammary gland are relatively uncommon as compared to primary breast malignancies. Such lesions can pose diagnostic dilemmas for both the clinician and the pathologist because it is often difficult to categorize the tumour as primary or secondary and to determine the site of...

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Autores principales: Mehdi, Ghazala, Ansari, Hena A., Sherwani, Rana K., Bhargava, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147188
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/wjon2010.04.207w
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author Mehdi, Ghazala
Ansari, Hena A.
Sherwani, Rana K.
Bhargava, Rakesh
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description Metastatic tumours to the mammary gland are relatively uncommon as compared to primary breast malignancies. Such lesions can pose diagnostic dilemmas for both the clinician and the pathologist because it is often difficult to categorize the tumour as primary or secondary and to determine the site of origin. We present the case of a thirty year old female who was diagnosed with small cell neuro-endocrine carcinoma in the mammary gland, probably of pulmonary origin. The diagnostic challenges posed by such a case are highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-56499122017-11-16 Small Cell Carcinoma in the Mammary Gland: Primary or Metastatic? A Diagnostic Challenge Mehdi, Ghazala Ansari, Hena A. Sherwani, Rana K. Bhargava, Rakesh World J Oncol Case Report Metastatic tumours to the mammary gland are relatively uncommon as compared to primary breast malignancies. Such lesions can pose diagnostic dilemmas for both the clinician and the pathologist because it is often difficult to categorize the tumour as primary or secondary and to determine the site of origin. We present the case of a thirty year old female who was diagnosed with small cell neuro-endocrine carcinoma in the mammary gland, probably of pulmonary origin. The diagnostic challenges posed by such a case are highlighted. Elmer Press 2010-04 2010-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5649912/ /pubmed/29147188 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/wjon2010.04.207w Text en Copyright 2010, Mehdi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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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Small Cell Carcinoma in the Mammary Gland: Primary or Metastatic? A Diagnostic Challenge
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title_short Small Cell Carcinoma in the Mammary Gland: Primary or Metastatic? A Diagnostic Challenge
title_sort small cell carcinoma in the mammary gland: primary or metastatic? a diagnostic challenge
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147188
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/wjon2010.04.207w
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