Open AccessOccult male breast cancer with axillary metastasis: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Komal Sawaimul,
Banyameen Iqbal,
Tushar Kambale
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.157048
Subject(s) - occult , medicine , breast cancer , metastasis , lymph node metastasis , cancer , axillary lymph nodes , dermatology , pathology , alternative medicine
Breast cancer is very rare in men. It accounts for 0.2% of all cancers and 1% of all breast cancers. The occurrence of occult breast cancer that present as axillary metastasis as the first manifestation is even rarer in men. We are hereby presenting an extremely rare case of a septuagenarian male patient who presented with occult breast cancer and axillary lymph node metastasis