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Apocrine Encapsulated Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast: The First Reported Case with an Infiltrative Component
- Source :
- Journal of Breast Cancer
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Korean Breast Cancer Society, 2018.
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Abstract
- Apocrine encapsulated papillary carcinoma (EPC) of the breast is a rare neoplasm, and only 10 cases have been reported in the literature to date. Although EPC by definition lacks a peripheral myoepithelial layer, all previously published apocrine EPC cases were clinically indolent and lacked a conventional invasive component. Herein, we report the 11th case of apocrine EPC, which had a conventional invasive carcinoma component and provides evidence of the malignant potential of this entity. We postulate that apocrine EPC is most likely a morphological variant of conventional EPC, with the same unpredictable malignant potential as non-apocrine cases.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Case Report
Papillary carcinoma
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Breast cancer
medicine
Neoplasm
Invasive carcinoma
business.industry
Cysts
Apocrine
Myoepithelial cell
medicine.disease
030104 developmental biology
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
embryonic structures
Encapsulated papillary carcinoma
cardiovascular system
Apocrine glands
Breast neoplasms
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20929900 and 17386756
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Breast Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8b6bcd79e82b9425899f2a1d6e14c35b