title: Simultaneous bilateral breast cancer in a male: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 63-year-old male presented with a bilateral breast carcinoma. Both axillae showed metastases. The patient was treated with a bilateral modified breast amputation. Study of the literature shows that synchronous bilateral breast cancer in males is uncommon. Even in a male with changing breast tissue a carcinoma has to be considered. In male breast cancer, adherence to diagnostic and treatment guidelines for female breast cancer is generally advocated. In males, hormonal causes have to be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melenhorst
authors.forename: C L H
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: van Berlo
authors.forename: P H A
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Nijhuis
mesh_terms: D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant