Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast.
Male breast malignancy is extremely rare, representing less than 1% of all breast carcinomas. Infiltrating duct carcinoma is the commonest subtype. Pure mucinous carcinoma and mixed mucinous carcinoma wherein there are components of both mucinous carcinoma and infiltrating duct carcinoma are rare tu...
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author | Vandana Raphael Hirakjyoti Das Khonglah Yookarin Rajni Sarma Noor Topno |
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description | Male breast malignancy is extremely rare, representing less than 1% of all breast carcinomas. Infiltrating duct carcinoma is the commonest subtype. Pure mucinous carcinoma and mixed mucinous carcinoma wherein there are components of both mucinous carcinoma and infiltrating duct carcinoma are rare tumours constituting 1.5-5% in women and are even rarer in men. We present here a case of mixed mucinous carcinoma of the breast with metastasis to axillary lymph nodes in a male patient. |
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spelling | doaj.art-f5bcea52267542fa91caf66a206e12862022-12-21T22:12:17ZengLight House Polyclinic MangaloreOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972013-04-01121Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast.Vandana Raphael0Hirakjyoti Das1Khonglah Yookarin2Rajni Sarma3Noor Topno4Professor & Head of Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya-793018, India.Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya-793018, India.Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya-793018, India.Junior Resident, Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya-793018, India.Prof & Head. Department of Surgery, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya-793018, India.Male breast malignancy is extremely rare, representing less than 1% of all breast carcinomas. Infiltrating duct carcinoma is the commonest subtype. Pure mucinous carcinoma and mixed mucinous carcinoma wherein there are components of both mucinous carcinoma and infiltrating duct carcinoma are rare tumours constituting 1.5-5% in women and are even rarer in men. We present here a case of mixed mucinous carcinoma of the breast with metastasis to axillary lymph nodes in a male patient.http://www.ojhas.org/issue45/2013-1-10.htmlMale breast carcinoma; Mixed mucinous carcinomaMale breast carcinoma; Mixed mucinous carcinoma |
spellingShingle | Vandana Raphael Hirakjyoti Das Khonglah Yookarin Rajni Sarma Noor Topno Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast. Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences Male breast carcinoma; Mixed mucinous carcinoma Male breast carcinoma; Mixed mucinous carcinoma |
title | Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast. |
title_full | Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast. |
title_fullStr | Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast. |
title_full_unstemmed | Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast. |
title_short | Mixed Mucinous Carcinoma of the Male Breast. |
title_sort | mixed mucinous carcinoma of the male breast |
topic | Male breast carcinoma; Mixed mucinous carcinoma Male breast carcinoma; Mixed mucinous carcinoma |
url | http://www.ojhas.org/issue45/2013-1-10.html |
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