title: Invasive lobular carcinoma of the male breast: A rare histology of an uncommon disease.
abstract: Male breast carcinoma is a rare malignancy comprising less than 1% of all breast cancers. It is a serious disease with most patients presenting in advanced stages. Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is the most common histology while lobular carcinoma represents less than 1% of all these tumors. We report a case of locally advanced lobular carcinoma of breast in a 60 year old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. Electronic address: rituraj.game@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rituraj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Pavnesh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Haresh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Julka
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110049, India.
authors.forename: Himani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bhankar
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001706:Biopsy; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Lobular carcinoma; Male breast carcinoma; Radiotherapy