title: Secretory carcinoma of breast in an elderly female.
abstract: Secretory carcinoma is the currently preferred designation for a unique neoplasm earlier thought to be exclusive to the adolescent/pre-menarchal breast. The neoplasm has a predilection for juveniles and young adults (< 30 years of age), becoming progressive less common with advancing age. This report is of one such instance in a 52 year old female, rare occurrence in the elderly (> 50 years of age), with only five earlier cases on record in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, PT. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jaswal
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged