Apocrine Encapsulated Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast: The First Reported Case with an Infiltrative Component.
10.4048/jbc.2018.21.2.227
- Author:
Bence KŐVÁRI
1
;
Katalin ORMÁNDI
;
Zsolt SIMONKA
;
András VÖRÖS
;
Gábor CSERNI
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. kovari.bence.p@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Apocrine glands;
Breast neoplasms;
Cysts;
Papillary carcinoma
- MeSH:
Apocrine Glands;
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast*;
Carcinoma, Papillary*
- From:Journal of Breast Cancer
2018;21(2):227-230
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Apocrine encapsulated papillary carcinoma (EPC) of the breast is a rare neoplasm, and only 10 cases have been reported in the literature to date. Although EPC by definition lacks a peripheral myoepithelial layer, all previously published apocrine EPC cases were clinically indolent and lacked a conventional invasive component. Herein, we report the 11th case of apocrine EPC, which had a conventional invasive carcinoma component and provides evidence of the malignant potential of this entity. We postulate that apocrine EPC is most likely a morphological variant of conventional EPC, with the same unpredictable malignant potential as non-apocrine cases.
