Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report

Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report

Solid papillary carcinoma is a rare type of breast cancer, with an estimated incidence of 1% of all breast cancer cases. In this case report, a 64 year old male presented with a painless axillary mass. Wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy revealed solid papillary carcinoma. To our know...

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Main Authors: Vaishali Purohit, Hossein Hosseini, Pamela Unger, Steven Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666621920300156
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spelling doaj-161e210b13da41c6ad61906c854180402021-09-03T04:48:01ZengElsevierCurrent Problems in Cancer: Case Reports2666-62192020-12-011100015Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case reportVaishali Purohit0Hossein Hosseini1Pamela Unger2Steven Cai3Department of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, 130 East 77th St. – 8 Achelis, New York, NY 10075, United States; Corresponding author.Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Pathology, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, 130 East 77th St. – 8 Achelis, New York, NY 10075, United States; Department of Pathology, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, NY, United StatesSolid papillary carcinoma is a rare type of breast cancer, with an estimated incidence of 1% of all breast cancer cases. In this case report, a 64 year old male presented with a painless axillary mass. Wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy revealed solid papillary carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a solid papillary male breast cancer diagnosed from an axillary mass in the United States. We discuss solid papillary carcinoma of the breast and relevant literature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666621920300156
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Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report
Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports
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title Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report
title_short Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report
title_full Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report
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title_full_unstemmed Solid papillary breast carcinoma arising in the male axilla: A case report
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series Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports
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publishDate 2020-12-01
description Solid papillary carcinoma is a rare type of breast cancer, with an estimated incidence of 1% of all breast cancer cases. In this case report, a 64 year old male presented with a painless axillary mass. Wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy revealed solid papillary carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a solid papillary male breast cancer diagnosed from an axillary mass in the United States. We discuss solid papillary carcinoma of the breast and relevant literature.
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