A Case of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Breast Metastatic to the Scalp.
- Author:
June Young CHOI
1
;
Sung Sik KIM
;
Hyung Don BANG
;
Kwang Ho KIM
;
Kwang Joong KIM
;
Jong Min KIM
;
Jin Hee SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Metastasis;
Adenoid cystic carcinoma;
Breast
- MeSH:
Adenoids*;
Biopsy;
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast*;
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic*;
Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1;
Dermis;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Prognosis;
Recurrence;
Scalp*;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(6):718-720
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast is a rare histologic type of breast cancer. Prognosis is favorable with rare recurrence or metastasis. We report a case of metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast in a 50-year-old woman who presented with a 0.8 X 0.9 X 0.5 cm-sized dome shaped pink colored smooth surfaced partially eroded nodule on the scalp for 1 month. A skin biopsy revealed mainly solid malignant cell nests in the upper dermis, but in the lower dermis, tumor cell showed cylindromatous and adenoid pattern consistent with metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast.
