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Case Reports
. 2024 Apr 7;16(4):e57789.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.57789. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Apocrine Breast Cancer: A Case Report

Soumiya Samba  1 , Ahmed Bensghier  1 , Soufiane Berhili  1 , Mohamed Moukhlissi  1 , Loubna Mezouar  1
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Case Reports

Apocrine Breast Cancer: A Case Report

Soumiya Samba et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy among women worldwide, including a wide range of histological subtypes, from typical expressions like invasive ductal carcinoma to less common variations like apocrine breast carcinoma. This document discusses the case of a 65-year-old female with apocrine breast cancer, who presented with a chronic mastodynia. This case highlights the importance of being aware of apocrine breast cancer.

Keywords: breast apocrine carcinoma; breast cancer; chemotherapy; malignancy; radiation therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Mammogram view: a dense, fatty glandular breast lesion of type B exhibiting no skin thickening, along with opacity in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast displaying angular contours, categorized as BI-RADS 4c (red arrow)
BI-RADS: Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System
Figure 2
Figure 2. Histological imaging revealing a carcinomatous tumor proliferation composed of apocrine-type cells, characterized by abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and hyperchromatic nuclei within a dense fibrous stroma
Figure 3
Figure 3. Chest CT scan with contrast injection revealing a right breast nodule in the upper outer quadrant (red arrows): (A) axial section and (B) frontal section
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