title: Primary breast cancer in aberrant breast tissue in the axilla.
abstract: Primary breast cancer in aberrant axillary breast tissue is rare. Breast cancer in the axilla is most often due to lymph node metastases from an ipsilateral breast tumor or from an occult primary lesion. We describe two patients with primary breast cancer in aberrant breast tissue in the axilla, and review the literature to define guidelines for diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614-0622, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yerra
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Karnad
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Votaw
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D001365:Axilla / Q000473:pathology*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*