Histiocytoid breast carcinoma: a diagnostic delimma, case report and literature review

ABSTRACT

Histiocytoid carcinoma of the breast is a very rare neoplasm and has not been categorically classified so far. Reported cases support either a apocrine, ductal or lobular origin.In this case report; we are presenting a rare case of histiocytoid carcinoma in a 48 year old Saudi Arabian woman who presented to our hospital with a gradually enlarging, tender and erythematous left breast mass Immunohistochemical profile, supportive of ductal origin is presented along with review of literature