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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 224-227 |
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Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast: A case report and review of literature
Gopalakrishnan Ravikumar, Gopalakrishnan Ravikumar Naveen Prasad, Gopalakrishnan Ravikumar Sugapradha, Thiagarajan Sivakami
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Gopalakrishnan Ravikumar
54-Shanthi Nagar, Thanjavur - 613 006, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2278-9596.174676
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Neuroendocrine tumors of the breast are rare, accounting for less than 0.1% of all breast cancer and less than 1% of all neuroendocrine (NE) tumors. The papillary NE carcinoma of the breast (NECB) with classic morphological and phenotypic features is rare. We describe a case of a 45-year-old woman admitted with a lump in the left breast, initially diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as intraductal carcinoma. After undergoing modified radical mastectomy, the histopathology showed evidence of alveolar-type primary NECB. A 16-month follow-up of the patient showed no evidence of metastasis. The in situ component of primary NECB may prevail in a core biopsy sample increasing the probability of underdiagnosing this tumor preoperatively. Misdiagnosing primary NECB is detrimental because patients may not receive the optimal adjuvant treatment they need. |
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