A Case of Secretory Carcinoma of the Breast.
- Author:
Young Tae BAE
1
;
Hee Sook KWAK
;
Dong Heun KIM
;
Mun Sup SIM
;
Mee Young SOL
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Secretory breast carcinoma
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast*;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Mastectomy, Modified Radical;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Palpation;
Prognosis;
Sensation
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
1999;56(3):449-452
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Secretory carcinoma is an uncommon type of carcinoma and the only well-documented type that may arise in children and adults of both sexes. Secretory carcinomas do not occur with any particular frequency in any part of the breast. Usually, the primary symptom is a painless mass that may be present for years before biopsy. We encountered a case of a secretory carcinoma of the breast. The patient was a 34-year-old woman. She visited our hospital due to a painless mass located in the upper portion of the left breast in the direction of 11 o,clock and at a distance of 1 cm from the areola. On palpation, it showed a firm and fixed tumor mass. A secretory carcinoma was diagnosed based on excisional biopsy. The patient underwent an Auchincloss, modified radical mastectomy. Multistep cross sections showed an ill-defined brownish, white tumor mass with a gritty sensation and measuring 2.0 1.4 cm in size. Metastasis was found in 1 of 8 axillary lymph nodes. Compared with typical breast cancer, the prognosis is better, but a similar therapeutic strategy may be necessary.
