Intracystic Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast in a Male Patient: A Case Report

Sadık Muallaoglu,Ersin Özdemir,Lale Kutluay

doi:10.1155/2012/378157

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Abstract

Breast carcinoma is an uncommon neoplastic condition among man, accounting for not more than 1% of all breast cancers. Intracystic papillary carcinoma in man is an extremely rare condition and represents only 5–7,5% of all male breast carcinomas. Clinical and radiological manifestations of intracystic papillary carcinomas are not specific. Pathologic diagnosis can be difficult at classical histological examination and identification of myoepithelial cells layer by immunohistochemical study can be useful. Adjuvant therapy is still controversial and prognosis is excellent. We report a case of this rare histological type of breast cancer in 48-year-old male patient and review the literature.

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Breast carcinoma in men is rare; it represents 0.6% of all breast carcinomas and less than 1% of all malignancies in men [1]
Intracystic breast carcinoma is rare in females and exceedingly rare in males with a handful of case reports in the literature
The Intracystic papillary carcinoma (IPC) is more frequently found among postmenopausal woman with an average age between 55 and 67 years old [5]

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Introduction

Breast carcinoma in men is rare; it represents 0.6% of all breast carcinomas and less than 1% of all malignancies in men [1]. Intracystic papillary carcinoma (IPC) is a rare form of breast cancer, accounting for 0.5–1% of all breast cancers [2]. IPC in man is an extremely rare disease with only a few case reports published in the literature so far. IPC accounts for 5 to 7.5% of all male breast cancers [3]. It typically occurs at an old age with a good prognosis [4]. Clinical and radiologic manifestations of IPC are not specific. On ultrasonography, it can be pure cyst, a mixe image, or a solid mass. We report a case of intracystic papillary carcinoma (IPC) of breast in 48years-old male patient and review the literature

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