title: Axillary ectopic carcinoma of breast.
abstract: Carcinoma in ectopic breast tissue is rare. This is a case report of a 70-year-old postmenopausal female, who presented with a painless mass in right axilla, diagnosed as invasive ductal carcinoma of ectopic breast tissue an excisional biopsy. Postoperatively she was put on tamoxifen, and remained well 10 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Fatima Hospital & Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shamim
authors.forename: Naveed
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baddar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans