title: Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast is a very rare neoplasm. We report a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the right breast presented with painless lump in the upper outer quadrant managed with lumpectomy, axillary lymph node staging and adjuvant local external radiotherapy to the whole breast with simultaneous integrated boost to the site of primary disease using respiratory gated intensity modulated radiotherapy. The available literature is reviewed.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Adenoid cystic cancer breast, mastectomy, adjuvant radiotherapy.
authors: Department of Oncology and Hematology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Post Box 21853, Manama, Bahrain. Email: mabdulnaseer@yahoo.com.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Naseer
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Mohammed
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Alyusuf
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Al Marzooq
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Das Majumdar
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Al Hammadi
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental