Huge Exophytic Atypical Medullary Breast Cancer.
- Author:
Myung Chul CHANG
1
;
Chan Dong KIM
;
Hye Rin ROH
;
Gi Bong CHAE
;
Weon Seo PARK
;
Dong Won MIN
;
Hyung Sik SHIN
;
Dae Hyun YANG
;
Won Jin CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Korea. changmc@hitel.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Breast;
Atypical medullary carcinoma
- MeSH:
Breast;
Breast Neoplasms*;
Carcinoma, Medullary;
Female;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Mastectomy, Radical;
Necrosis;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Odors;
Prognosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2003;65(4):353-355
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A medullary carcinoma of the breast is an uncommon breast cancer subtype, but has a fair prognosis. The histopathological criteria for a medullary carcinoma were delineated by Ridolfi et al. in 1977, and most pathologists use these criteria. The authors experienced a huge carcinoma of the breast, which was diagnosed as an atypical medullary carcinoma. A 47-year old female visited our clinic due to a breast mass of six months duration. The mass was 16 cm in size and exophytic in the left lower breast. There had been necrosis, with a foul odor in most of the mass. A large fixed axillary lymph node was noted, but there was no evidence of distant metastasis. A radical mastectomy was performed due to invasion of the pectoralis major. On pathological examination, the tumor was diagnosed as an atypical medullary carcinoma.
