Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast.
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm. We herein report two cases of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast, each with a different clinical manifestation. A 75-year-old patient with bilateral breast cancer and a 73-year-old woman with a mastitis carcinomatosa. Histopathology revealed that both tumours were squamous cell carcinomas. In the first case there was a coexisting adenocarcinoma in the contralateral breast. The diagnostic and therapeutic challenges are discussed in a review of the literature. The initial management of primary squamous cell carcinoma should be slightly different to that of more common types of breast cancer.
University Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
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Ramaekers
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Tjalma
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary