HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature

HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature

Mucinous carcinoma of breast is a rare variant of invasive breast carcinoma and usually affects older females and is associated with good prognosis. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positivity in these tumors is rare. We describe here a case of advanced stage HER2 + mucinous carcinoma...

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Main Authors: Dinesh Chandra Doval, Rupal Tripathi, Sunil Pasricha, Pankaj Goyal, Chaturbhuj Agrawal, Anurag Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Human Pathology: Case Reports
Subjects:
Breast
HER 2
Mucinous carcinoma
Micropapillary
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330021000602
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spelling doaj-b4ee3b94acad44fc829444a0eb6718682021-09-05T04:40:31ZengElsevierHuman Pathology: Case Reports2214-33002021-09-0125200531HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literatureDinesh Chandra Doval0Rupal Tripathi1Sunil Pasricha2Pankaj Goyal3Chaturbhuj Agrawal4Anurag Mehta5Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, India; Corresponding author at: Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Sector-5, Rohini, Delhi, India.Department of Research, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, IndiaMucinous carcinoma of breast is a rare variant of invasive breast carcinoma and usually affects older females and is associated with good prognosis. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positivity in these tumors is rare. We describe here a case of advanced stage HER2 + mucinous carcinoma with micropapillary features who underwent complete remission on treatment with radiation therapy and hormonal therapy and presented after eight years with invasive duct carcinoma in the contralateral breast.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330021000602BreastHER 2Mucinous carcinomaMicropapillary
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author Dinesh Chandra Doval
Rupal Tripathi
Sunil Pasricha
Pankaj Goyal
Chaturbhuj Agrawal
Anurag Mehta
spellingShingle Dinesh Chandra Doval
Rupal Tripathi
Sunil Pasricha
Pankaj Goyal
Chaturbhuj Agrawal
Anurag Mehta
HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature
Human Pathology: Case Reports
Breast
HER 2
Mucinous carcinoma
Micropapillary
author_facet Dinesh Chandra Doval
Rupal Tripathi
Sunil Pasricha
Pankaj Goyal
Chaturbhuj Agrawal
Anurag Mehta
author_sort Dinesh Chandra Doval
title HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature
title_short HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature
title_full HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature
title_fullStr HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed HER2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: Report of a case and review of literature
title_sort her2 positive mucinous carcinoma of breast with micropapillary features: report of a case and review of literature
publisher Elsevier
series Human Pathology: Case Reports
issn 2214-3300
publishDate 2021-09-01
description Mucinous carcinoma of breast is a rare variant of invasive breast carcinoma and usually affects older females and is associated with good prognosis. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positivity in these tumors is rare. We describe here a case of advanced stage HER2 + mucinous carcinoma with micropapillary features who underwent complete remission on treatment with radiation therapy and hormonal therapy and presented after eight years with invasive duct carcinoma in the contralateral breast.
topic Breast
HER 2
Mucinous carcinoma
Micropapillary
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330021000602
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