Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: case report and review of the literature.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is a rare neoplasm accounting for 0.1% of all breast carcinomas, and presenting most commonly as a painful breast mass. In contrast to the aggressive nature of ACC at other sites, ACC of the breast has a favorable prognosis, lymph node involvement or distant metastases seldom occur. Treatment is basically of simple mastectomy. Chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatment have been infrequently used and evaluated. We report a case of ACC of the breast managed with mastectomy and review the literature.
Muslimani
Alaa A
AA
Department of Internal Medicine, Fairview Hospital, 18101 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA. alaf73@yahoo.com
Ahluwalia
Manmeet S
MS
Clark
Christopher T
CT
Daw
Hamed A
HA