Neuroendocrine Breast Carcinoma: Interesting Images of an Underdiagnosed Entity

Autor: Christoforos Kosmidis, Kassiani Boulogeorgou, Panagiota Roulia, Marios Dagher, Georgios Anthimidis, Georgios Petrakis, Charilaos Koulouris, Stylianos Mantalovas, Styliani Laskou, Vasiliki Magra, Vasileios Alexandros Karakousis, Christina Sevva, Eleni Paschou, Vasileios Stergios, Stylianos Kosmidis, Chrysi Maria Mystakidou, Vasiliki Theodorou, Nikolaos Iason Katsios, Triantafyllia Koletsa, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Isaak Kesisoglou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Diagnostics, Vol 14, Iss 11, p 1133 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4418
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14111133
Popis: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer of the female gender. A rare subtype of breast cancer is the invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) with neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation. Its incident is believed to be 0.1% to 5% of all breast cancers. We report a rare case of a 66-year old woman who presented with an isolated nodule of the left breast. The patient underwent modified radical mastectomy. Pathology revealed invasive breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation. Invasive breast carcinoma is an extremely rare group of neoplasms, the exact frequency of which cannot be determined with current data. Therefore, it is necessary for future studies to focus on the pathophysiology of this subtype of breast cancer and on the potential therapeutic approaches.
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