[Pregnancy, breast cancer and tumor infarction].
Breast cancer is infrequently associated with pregnancy. However, such cases often pose diagnostic and treatment problems. The infarction of breast lesions is likewise uncommon, and generally hinders intraoperative morphologic diagnosis. A 33-year-old woman in the 37th week of pregnancy presented with a breast tumoration of progressively increasing size and associating mastalgia. Following fine-needle aspiration and trut-cut biopsy with posterior amplified tumorectomy and axillary dissection, a ductal neoplasm was identified with an infarction affecting 90% of the tumoral surface. The where no axillary adenopathies, and the patient was estrogen receptor-negative. An analysis is made of this rare association of pregnancy and infarcted breast cancer, with an evaluation of the role of fine-needle aspiration and/or gestation may play in the occurrence of tumor infarction.
Vera-Sempere
F J
FJ
Servicio de Anatomía Patológica II, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia.
Alberola
C
C
Camañas
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A
Prieto
M
M
Chirivella
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M
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Embarazo, cáncer de mama e infartación tumoral.