Secretory Carcinoma in a 79- Year-Old Woman: An Exceptionally Rare Type of Breast Carcinoma | Zendy

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Secretory Carcinoma in a 79- Year-Old Woman: An Exceptionally Rare Type of Breast Carcinoma

Author(s) -

Nelson Montalvo,

Verónica Posso,

Ligia Redrobán

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2016.6650

Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , right breast , immunohistochemistry , breast carcinoma , left breast , axillary lymph nodes , disease , rare disease , pathology , lymph , general surgery , breast cancer , cancer

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 follow- up period of 6 years without local recurrence or axillary lymph-nodes nor distant metastases

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