title: The pathological findings of vasculitis simultaneously occurring with carcinoma, invasive breast carcinoma in a patient with Behçet's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kammori
authors.forename: Ei-ichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Niwa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takayoshi
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurabayashi
authors.forename: Kaiyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takubo
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaminishi
mesh_terms: 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