Breast Carcinoma in Childhood and Adolescence: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Secretory breast carcinoma is a rare tumor originally described in children and adolescent women with a characteristic morphology and a controversial choice of treatment. We report an additional case of a 4-year-old girl with a breast tumor diagnosed as a secretory carcinoma without involvement of the axillary lymph nodes. The therapy consisted of simple mastectomy and low axillary dissection. She presented with a local recurrence near the surgical scar 8 months later, and a wide elliptical excision of the scar and underlying tissue was performed with subsequent radiotherapy of the surgical bed. This tumor has a relatively benign behavior and rarely metastasizes. A literature review revealed only 22 cases of breast carcinoma in childhood and adolescence.
Longo
Osvaldo Anibal
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Gynaecology, Hospital J. M. Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Oncology, Hospital J. M. Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Pathology Departments, Hospital J. M. Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mosto
Adolfo
A
Moran
Juan Carlos Hernandez
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Mosto
Julian
J
Rives
Luis Eduardo
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Sobral
Fabio
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