title: A case of breast cancer in a male patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis.
abstract: Breast cancer is a rare disease in men. We report a case of 53-year-old obese male, with known cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, presenting a tender mass on left breast. He was diagnosed with invasive intraductal carcinoma, which was consistent with a sporadic lesion. On the basis of previous literatures, obesity can be regarded as a cause for breast cancer even in men. However, there has been inconsistent data about link between liver cirrhosis and male breast cancer, which can be due to heterogenity in the etiology of cirrhosis. Through this case, it can be postulated that the risk for male breast cancer may vary according to the etiology of cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Su Rin
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Myung Seok
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jong Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyung Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Bae
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyeong Su
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000556:secondary; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen