[Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast. Case report].
We report a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast in a 62-year-old lady. This tumor is a rare histologic form of breast cancer, associated with a favorable prognosis, and a special clinical behavior. It is mainly diagnosed on morphological grounds, by identifying two populations of neoplastic basaloid myoepithelial and epithelial cells with extracellular deposits of eosinophilic basement membrane-like substance. Lymph node metastases are rare. Partial or simple mastectomy is an adequate treatment. Axillary lymph node dissection may not be necessary.
Chababy
Myrna
M
Services d'Anatomopathologie, Hôpital Saint-Georges, Beyrouth, Liban.
Daou
Robert
R
Aftimos
Georges
G
D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged