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.
Brack
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University Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
Ramaekers
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PC
Tjalma
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WA
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