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Case Reports
. 2011 Jan;28(1):42-4.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.76952.

Mucinous carcinoma of breast: Cytodiagnosis of a case

Sangeeta Sharma  1 , Rani Bansal, Anjali Khare, Nivesh Agrawal
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Case Reports

Mucinous carcinoma of breast: Cytodiagnosis of a case

Sangeeta Sharma et al. J Cytol. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

Mucinous carcinoma of the breast is a relatively rare, pure form accounting for 2% of all breast cancers. Pure mucinous carcinoma of the breast has a favorable prognosis. The common age is postmenopausal group. Here, we report a 30-year-old female patient diagnosed on cytology as mucinous carcinoma of the breast with lymph node metastasis and subsequently confirmed by histopathology. In 1 year follow-up, the patient did not show pulmonary or distant metastasis and received adjuvant chemotherapy at every 3 weeks interval.

Keywords: Breast; fine needle aspiration cytology; mucinous carcinoma.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
FNAC smear showing abundant pink mucoid material (arrow) with entrapped tumor cells (arrow head) (H and E, ×400)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Section showing lakes of mucoid material (arrow) with enmeshed column of tumor cells (arrow head) (H and E, ×400)
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