Intracystic Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast in Males: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Published: March 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.2828
Hariprasad S, Prajna Hariprasad, Teerthanath Srinivas
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Raja Rajeswari
Medical College, Bangalore, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore,
Karnataka, India..
3. Professor, Department of pathology, KS.Hegde Medical
Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Hariprasad. S,
Assistant professor, Department of Surgery,
Raja Rajeswari Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Phone: 9448529402
Email: steerthanath@yahoo.com
Carcinoma of the male breast is a relatively rare disease that accounts for less than 1% of all the cases of cancer in men. Intracystic Papillary Carcinoma (IPC) is an extremely rare disease of the male breast, with a few case reports. The prognosis is excellent for the patients who are diagnosed with IPC, regardless of whether the tumour is in-situ or of an invasive type. We are reporting the case of a 50 year old man who presented with a painless cystic lump in the left breast. Ultrasonography revealed an intracystic tumour. Fine needle aspiration suggested a papillary tumour. The patient underwent simple mastectomy without a sentinel lymph node biopsy. The final pathologic examination revealed an intracystic papillary carcinoma of a low nuclear grade without an invasion.
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