title: Metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma of breast. A pathology case report with review of literature.
abstract: Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma (MBC) is a group of rare breast cancers; squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is its most common member. Due to rarity of the condition, frequent case reports have been published of late. In the last one year alone, there were about a dozen such reports. Here we report a case of primary squamous cell carcinomain a 62-year-old female, with a 3.5cm mass in the left breast. Biopsy and mastectomy reports confirmed Metaplastic carcinoma, with 21 benign lymph nodes.. The tumour was triple negative and cytokeratin 5/6 positive. We are reporting the first case of squamous cell carcinoma of breast from our region, and we recommended large multi centre studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Monawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulkader Mohammad
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Albasri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Monawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Akbar Shah
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hussainy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufyia University, Menufia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed Aboulmaaty
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elkablawy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, King Fahad Hospital, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alhujaily
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, King Fahad Hospital, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aljohani
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007633:Keratins
keywords: Metaplastic, Squamous, Carcinoma, Breast, Pathology.