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. 2006 Sep 2:3:23.
doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-3-23.

Case report: Metaplastic carcinoma presenting as a breast abscess

Corrine Wong  1 , Chris Wright, Angela Colclough, Simon Marsh
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Case report: Metaplastic carcinoma presenting as a breast abscess

Corrine Wong et al. Int Semin Surg Oncol. .

Abstract

Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare neoplasm containing a mixture of epithelial and mesenchymal elements. The epithelial component is usually ductal carcinoma but may include other variants of breast carcinomas including squamous carcinoma and osteogenic sarcoma. There is a relative paucity of data regarding such tumours. Metaplastic carcinoma carries a prognosis not dissimilar to that of comparable ductal carcinoma. This is the case of a 57 year old patient with MBC presenting with a breast abscess. A thorough literature search has not revealed any previous reports of MBC presenting as a breast abscess.

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Figure 1
Right breast following chemotherapy at time of surgery.
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Figure 2
Bone scan showing isotope uptake in right breast.
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Figure 3
Histopathology of tumour demonstrating osteogenic sarcoma.
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