Male Breast Cancer: Presenting as Synchronous, Large, Bilateral Masses
Published: April 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4265
Sunil Vitthalrao Jagtap, P. G. Chougule, Wasim Khatib, Dhirajkumar B. Shukla, Swati Sunil Jagtap
1. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
2. Professor, Department of Surgery, Krishna Hospital and Medical Research Center, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
3. Assistant Lecturer,Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
4. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sunil Vitthalrao Jagtap,
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, Karad,
Maharashtra-415110, India.
E-mail: drsvjagtap@gmail.com
Male breast cancer is a very rare neoplasm which accounts for 1% of all breast cancers. A 70-year-old male presented with a rapidly growing, bilateral breast masses with large size, surface ulceration and bloody discharge. Synchronous bilateral breast cancer was diagnosed by using fine needle aspiration cytology, mammography, ultrasonography and incisional biopsy. Histopathological studies revealed invasive ductal carcinoma (not otherwise specified), which was of grade III in left breast and of grade II in right breast. We are presenting this case with its clinico-pathological findings, as synchronous bilateral breast cancer occurs extremely rarely in males.
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