title: Apocrine carcinoma arising in a complex fibroadenoma: a case report.
abstract: A carcinoma arising in a fibroadenoma is a rare event, which often entails a diagnostic challenge. The most common type is the lobular carcinoma and secondary a ductal carcinoma. We present an extremely rare case of malignant development of an invasive apocrine carcinoma in a complex fibroadenoma and underline the importance for clinicians to recognize the possibility of benign and malignant co-existence especially in older women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Endocrinal Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Endocrinal Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jonas Amstrup
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Funder
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Endocrinal Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anne Schmidt
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Vibeke
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*