[Cystic adenoid carcinoma of the mammary gland]
Pedro Coronel-Brizio1, Estela Uscanga, Víctor Jiménez Barradas
1Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Veracruzana, Centro Estatal de Cancerología (CECAN) Dr. Miguel Dorantes Mesa Secretaría de Salud, Estado de Veracruz, México.
Ginecologia Y Obstetricia De Mexico
|April 24, 2003
Abstract:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the mammary gland is considered a rare entity with a favourable prognosis, accounts for < 1% of the breast malignancies. We report herein the case of a 57 year old woman who presented a breast mass. A mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection was performed. None of 15 axillary lymph nodes contained metastases, and the patient remains well and free from recurrence 12 months after her operation.
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