Neuroendocrine Breast Carcinoma: Interesting Images of an Underdiagnosed Entity

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 pre...

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Published in:Diagnostics (Basel) 2024-05, Vol.14 (11), p.1133
Main Authors: Kosmidis, Christoforos, Boulogeorgou, Kassiani, Roulia, Panagiota, Dagher, Marios, Anthimidis, Georgios, Petrakis, Georgios, Koulouris, Charilaos, Mantalovas, Stylianos, Laskou, Styliani, Magra, Vasiliki, Karakousis, Vasileios Alexandros, Sevva, Christina, Paschou, Eleni, Stergios, Vasileios, Kosmidis, Stylianos, Mystakidou, Chrysi Maria, Theodorou, Vasiliki, Katsios, Nikolaos Iason, Koletsa, Triantafyllia, Sapalidis, Konstantinos, Kesisoglou, Isaak
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
breast
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Carcinoma
Chemotherapy
chromogranin
Endocrine therapy
Interesting Images
Lymphatic system
Mammography
Mastectomy
Metastasis
neuroendocrine
Neuroendocrine tumors
Radiation therapy
synaptophysin
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2075-4418
2075-4418
DOI:10.3390/diagnostics14111133