Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast, presenting as a cancer.
OBJECTIVE
Adenomyoepithelioma is a rare lesion that can involve the breast tissue. The diagnostic appearance of the lesion can give rise to a difficult differential diagnosis with breast carcinoma.


METHODS
We report our experience with a case of adenomyoepithelioma whose differential diagnosis with a breast carcinoma was particularly difficult, leading to surgery for definitive histology.


CONCLUSIONS
Few papers are available with evidence about adenomyoepithelioma. The difficult differential diagnosis and the potentiality of malignant evolution of this lesion could in principle justify a conservative surgical approach for final histology.
Senology Division, European Oncology Institute, Milan, Italy. giovanna.gatti@ieo.it
Giovanna
G
Gatti
Giuseppe
G
Viale
Serife
S
Simsek
Stefano
S
Zurrida
Mattia
M
Intra
Pietro
P
Caldarella
Alberto
A
Luini
D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans