The pathological findings of vasculitis simultaneously occurring with carcinoma, invasive breast carcinoma in a patient with Behçet's disease.
We present a rare case of invasive right breast carcinoma in a 72-year-old woman with Behçet's disease (BD). A radical modified right mastectomy and axillary lymphadenectomy were performed and postoperative hormonal therapy with the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole was administered for adjuvant therapy. At 10 months follow-up the patient remains disease free. Malignancies associated with BD are very uncommon. The pathological findings showed small vessel vasculitis and lobulitis of the breast in association with invasive carcinoma.
Kammori
Makoto
M
Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kanmori-dis@umin.ac.jp
Tsuji
Ei-ichi
E
Ogawa
Toshihisa
T
Takayoshi
Niwa
N
Kurabayashi
Rie
R
Takubo
Kaiyo
K
Kaminishi
Michio
M
D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical