TY - JOUR
T1 - Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast found during treatment of lymphoma
AU - Fujino, Minoru
AU - Mori, Daisuke
AU - Akashi, Michiaki
AU - Yamamoto, Hidetaka
AU - Aibe, Hitoshi
AU - Matake, Kunishige
AU - Shirahane, Kengo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2016/9/13
Y1 - 2016/9/13
N2 - A 71-year-old woman, previously treated for malignant lymphoma, was admitted to our hospital with a tumor in the right breast. The tumor size was 2.0 cm in diameter, and the borderline was unclear. The core needle biopsy material revealed an invasive adenocarcinoma with metaplastic change. Right mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed. Histologically, the tumor was composed of mucus-secreting, epidermoid, and intermediate cells. These findings confirmed the diagnosis as mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the breast. MEC is more frequently observed in the salivary glands and occurs rarely in the breast, with an incidence of approximately 0.3% of all breast cancers. Because of the rarity of the disease, the clinicopathological features and clinical outcome have not been fully investigated. The relationship between MEC of the breast and lymphoma are unclear. Here we report a rare case of MEC of the breast.
AB - A 71-year-old woman, previously treated for malignant lymphoma, was admitted to our hospital with a tumor in the right breast. The tumor size was 2.0 cm in diameter, and the borderline was unclear. The core needle biopsy material revealed an invasive adenocarcinoma with metaplastic change. Right mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed. Histologically, the tumor was composed of mucus-secreting, epidermoid, and intermediate cells. These findings confirmed the diagnosis as mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the breast. MEC is more frequently observed in the salivary glands and occurs rarely in the breast, with an incidence of approximately 0.3% of all breast cancers. Because of the rarity of the disease, the clinicopathological features and clinical outcome have not been fully investigated. The relationship between MEC of the breast and lymphoma are unclear. Here we report a rare case of MEC of the breast.
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U2 - 10.1159/000452792
DO - 10.1159/000452792
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85000938328
SN - 1662-6575
VL - 9
SP - 806
EP - 814
JO - Case Reports in Oncology
JF - Case Reports in Oncology
IS - 3
ER -
