Open AccessRight Breast Metaplastic Carcinoma with Chondroid Diff erentiation (Chondrosarcoma)
Author(s) -
Alya Binmahfouz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of king abdulaziz university. medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1319-1004
DOI - 10.4197/med.22-4.6
Subject(s) - lumpectomy , medicine , breast cancer , metaplastic carcinoma , mammography , radiology , chondrosarcoma , magnetic resonance imaging , physical examination , radiation therapy , mastectomy , cancer , pathology
Metaplastic breast cancer is rare, representing < 5% of breast cancer (only eight cases have been reported so far). We present here a 42-year-old female complaining of a painless lump in the right breast for the previous two months. Physical examination revealed a palpable mass. Lumpectomy was performed and histopathologic examination revealed metaplastic breast carcinoma with foci of chondrosarcoma. The patient received adjuvant radiation therapy and chemotherapy and is currently following up as an outpatient. We also discuss diff erentimaging diagnostic features of this specifi c type of breast cancer using mammography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging.