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Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient
Ectopic breast tissue can persist in the axilla due to lack of involution of mammary glands along the mammary lines. It is rare in men, and the malignant transformation to breast cancer has occasionally been described. Differential diagnosis of any axillary tumor should include breast cancer arising...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7669415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33235795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3336 |
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author | Peil, Nils Varga, Zsuzsanna Barysch, Marjam J. Brüssow, Cornelia Dedes, Konstantin J. |
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description | Ectopic breast tissue can persist in the axilla due to lack of involution of mammary glands along the mammary lines. It is rare in men, and the malignant transformation to breast cancer has occasionally been described. Differential diagnosis of any axillary tumor should include breast cancer arising at ectopic sites. |
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spelling | pubmed-76694152020-11-23 Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient Peil, Nils Varga, Zsuzsanna Barysch, Marjam J. Brüssow, Cornelia Dedes, Konstantin J. Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Ectopic breast tissue can persist in the axilla due to lack of involution of mammary glands along the mammary lines. It is rare in men, and the malignant transformation to breast cancer has occasionally been described. Differential diagnosis of any axillary tumor should include breast cancer arising at ectopic sites. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7669415/ /pubmed/33235795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3336 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Images Peil, Nils Varga, Zsuzsanna Barysch, Marjam J. Brüssow, Cornelia Dedes, Konstantin J. Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
title | Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
title_full | Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
title_fullStr | Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
title_short | Ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
title_sort | ectopic axillary breast cancer in a male patient |
topic | Clinical Images |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7669415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33235795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3336 |
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