title: Ectopic Male Breast Cancer: A Case Report.
abstract: Carcinoma of male breast constitutes 1% of total breast malignancy. Carcinoma arising from ectopic breast tissue in male is an extremely rare entity and can be misdiagnosed. Ectopic breast tissue may be supernumerary or aberrant one. Despite morphologic difference, ectopic breast tissue presents characteristics analogous to orthoptic breast in terms of functional and pathologic degeneration. Most of the ectopic breast tissue occurs in thoracic or abdominal portion of milk line. If found in a location outside the milk line, it proves a diagnostic dilemma. We are reporting a case of 60-year-old male who presented with a fixed mass of size 10cm×8cm, in right chest wall infraclavicular area of 6 months duration. Histopathology of the mass revealed invasive duct carcinoma. He had no evidence of malignant or occult primary lesion in the bilateral mammary glands. Due to the paucity of the literature, incidence of ectopic male breast cancer and its management is not well understood. There is high probability of misdiagnosis of this disease. To the best of our knowledge this is the first described case of ectopic male breast cancer in the chest wall, not along the milk line, which is being reported here for documentation.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Dipti Rani
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Chaitali
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate, Department of Radiation Oncology, Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate, Department of Radiation Oncology, Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheet
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Surendra Nath
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Senapati
keywords: Chest wall; Ectopic breast tissue; Supernumerary