Correspondence
Dr.Lubna Sadaf,Department of
Pathology,Institute of Medical
Sciences,B.H.U.,Varanasi,email:mailtosadaf@yahoo.com ,Phone no. :09721351772

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm accounting for 0.1% of all breast carcinomas and presenting most commonly as a painful breast mass. Adenoid cystic carcinomas of the breast have a favourable prognosis, as compared to the aggressive nature of the adenoid cystic carcinoma at other sites. The treatment for this is simple mastectomy. We present here, a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast in a 48 year old female who presented with pain in the subareolar region and was managed with modified radical mastectomy, with lymph node dissection.

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