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Small cell neuroendocrine (Oat cell) carcinoma of the breast
Author(s) -
Wade Philip M.,
Mills Stacey E.,
Read Marc,
Cloud William,
Lambert Matthew J.,
Smith Roy E.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19830701)52:1<121::aid-cncr2820520122>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , oat cell carcinoma , breast carcinoma , pathology , carcinoma , mammary gland , mammary carcinoma , cell , oncology , neuroendocrine cell , neuroendocrine differentiation , neuroendocrine tumors , breast cancer , immunohistochemistry , cancer , biology , lung , respiratory disease , prostate cancer , genetics
A 52‐year‐old woman with small cell neuroendocrine (oat cell) carcinoma of the breast is described. Identical neoplasms have been reported in a variety of extrapulmonary sites, but this is the first description of a primary mammary tumor of this type. The patient had axillary and hepatic metastases at the time of diagnosis, and the clinical course suggests that this tumor behaves in an aggressive fashion, analogous to other small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas. The relationship of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast to mammary “carcinoid tumor” or argyrophilic carcinoma is discussed. Cancer 52:121‐125, 1983.