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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr 20;12(4):e229482.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229482.

Male occult triple-negative breast cancer

Basma Alsayed  1 , Hussain Adnan Abdulla  1 , Hadi Alaskar  2 , Ali Dhaif  1
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Case Reports

Male occult triple-negative breast cancer

Basma Alsayed et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Male breast cancer is a rare but important condition accounting for only 1% of breast cancer worldwide and less than 1% of all male malignancies. Occult male breast cancer is an extremely rare type of male breast cancer that manifests as axillary metastases without an identifiable breast lesion. We report a case of triple-negative occult male breast cancer who underwent modified radical mastectomy.

Keywords: breast cancer; breast surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Large mass in the left axilla with erythematous skin and sinus.
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MRI showing large solid and cystic tumour in the left axilla.
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Intraoperative findings of complex tumour in the left axilla with surrounding enlarged lymph nodes.
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