title: Breast cancer and Poland's syndrome: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Poland's syndrome is a rare congenital development malformation characterized by unilateral chest wall hypoplasia and ipsilateral hand abnormalities. It is also known to be associated with some malignant diseases. We herein report a case of Poland's syndrome associated with invasive ductal carcinoma of breast, and review the literatures to investigate the clinical characteristics of breast cancer with Poland's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Breast Disease Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Linjun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D044584:Carcinoma, Ductal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008327:Mammography; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography