Mammary-like adenocarcinoma of the vulva associated to Paget's disease: a case report

Mammary-like adenocarcinoma of the vulva associated to Paget's disease is exceedingly rare. So, it is very important to perform all the pathological and immunohistochemical investigations to achieve differential diagnosis from both a metastatic lesion from an orthotopic breast cancer and a vulv...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2014-10, Vol.19 (188), p.188-188
Main Authors: Meddeb, Sawsen, Rhim, Mohamed Salah, Mestiri, Sarra, Kouira, Mouna, Bibi, Mohamed, Khairi, Hedi, Yacoubi, Mohamed Tahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma - etiology
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adult
Case Report
Female
Humans
Mammary Glands, Human - pathology
mammary-like adenocarcinoma
Paget Disease, Extramammary - diagnosis
Paget Disease, Extramammary - pathology
paget´s disease
Tunisia
vulva
Vulvar Neoplasms - diagnosis
Vulvar Neoplasms - etiology
Vulvar Neoplasms - pathology
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Mammary-like adenocarcinoma of the vulva associated to Paget's disease is exceedingly rare. So, it is very important to perform all the pathological and immunohistochemical investigations to achieve differential diagnosis from both a metastatic lesion from an orthotopic breast cancer and a vulvar adnexal tumor. This report describes a case of vulvar Paget's disease associated with underlying mammary-like adenocarcinoma diagnosed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Farhat Hached university hospital of Sousse in Tunisia. We also review previously reported cases of primary breast-like carcinoma of the vulva with or without Paget's disease.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2014.19.188.4521