title: Metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma in association with invasive lobular breast carcinoma with metastasis to axillary lymph nodes.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the breast is very rare entity and when encountered it is found in association with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. We report a very unusual association of an invasive lobular carcinoma with metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma of the breast which was found not only in a mastectomy specimen but also in the axillary lymph nodes. The patient reported first with a lump breast which was diagnosed a case of invasive lobular carcinoma in a lumpectomy specimen, followed by adjunct radiation and chemotherapy. We encountered such association in only one case report in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Medical College, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. mikhandr@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammad Iqbal
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Anwar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: ul Haque
authors.forename: Maliah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Younas
authors.forename: Afsheen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zafar
authors.forename: Hijab
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness