Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma of the Breast: A Case Report.
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma carries similar histopathological features with lymphoepithelioma typically located in the nasopharynx. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the breast can be mistaken for breast lymphoma or medullary carcinoma due to the undifferentiated appearance of tumor cells and presence of prominent lymphoid component. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is rare, and the similarity between medullary carcinoma of the breast makes it difficult to distinguish these two tumors. In the presented case, neither lymph node nor distant metastases were detected. Breast lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is extremely rare with only 21 reported cases in the literature. Herein we present a 59-year-old woman with lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the breast along with the cases previously published in the literature.
Department of Pathology, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Ömer Erdinç
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Top
Department of Pathology, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Enver
E
Vardar
Department of Pathology, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Ayşe
A
Yağcı
Department of Pathology, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Senem
S
Deniz
Department of Pathology, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Rafet
R
Öztürk
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Baha
B
Zengel
Breast carcinoma; lymphoepithelioma; lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma