title: Secretory breast carcinoma in a man.
abstract: A 23-year-old man who presented clinically with unilateral gynecomastia was found to have secretory breast carcinoma. The patient is free of disease 4 years following a modified radical mastectomy. The indolent biological potential of this rare variant of primary mammary carcinoma is evidenced by the long clinical history of a breast mass in this patient and the absence of axillary lymph node metastases. Although secretory carcinoma occurs both in children and adults, most examples have been reported in female patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ 07901.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Discafani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008408:Mastectomy