Huge Exophytic Atypical Medullary Breast Cancer
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
;
: 353-355, 2003.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
A medullary carcinoma of the breast is an uncommon breast cancer subtype, but has a fair prognosis. The histopathological criteria for a medullary carcinoma were delineated by Ridolfi et al. in 1977, and most pathologists use these criteria. The authors experienced a huge carcinoma of the breast, which was diagnosed as an atypical medullary carcinoma. A 47-year old female visited our clinic due to a breast mass of six months duration. The mass was 16 cm in size and exophytic in the left lower breast. There had been necrosis, with a foul odor in most of the mass. A large fixed axillary lymph node was noted, but there was no evidence of distant metastasis. A radical mastectomy was performed due to invasion of the pectoralis major. On pathological examination, the tumor was diagnosed as an atypical medullary carcinoma.
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Main subject:
Prognosis
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Mastectomy, Radical
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Carcinoma, Medullary
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Lymph Nodes
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Necrosis
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Odorants
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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