Open AccessPoland's Syndrome and Carcinoma of the Breast: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Katz Steven C.,
Hazen Alexes,
Colen Stephen R.,
Roses Daniel F.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the breast journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1524-4741
pISSN - 1075-122X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.007001056.x
Subject(s) - medicine , poland syndrome , breast carcinoma , hypoplasia , right breast , mammary carcinoma , carcinoma , general surgery , pathology , surgery , breast cancer , cancer
Poland's syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly that may include mammary hypoplasia and has been described in association with various malignancies. We report the case of a 42‐year‐old woman with unilateral Poland's syndrome who developed carcinoma in the hypoplastic breast. A review of the literature reveals no previous report of carcinoma of the hypoplastic breast with Poland's syndrome.