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Published in: Diagnostic Pathology 1/2008

Open Access 01-12-2008 | Case Report

Mucinous breast carcinoma presenting as Paget's disease of the nipple in a man: A case report

Authors: Dimitrios Peschos, Elena Tsanou, Pavlos Dallas, Konstantinos Charalabopoulos, Christos Kanaris, Anna Batistatou

Published in: Diagnostic Pathology | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

Introduction

Male breast cancer is rare compared to its female counterpart representing less than 1% of cancer in men. Moreover, mucinous carcinoma of the male breast is an extremely rare histological subtype of malignancy. Paget's disease of the nipple is rarely observed in males.

Case report

Herein, we describe a unique case of an 86 years old man with mucinous breast cancer presenting as Paget's disease of the nipple. According to the immunohistochemical evaluation the neoplastic cells were positive for estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR).

Conclusion

To our best knowledge this is the first case of mucinous male breast cancer presenting as Paget's disease of the nipple.
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Metadata
Title
Mucinous breast carcinoma presenting as Paget's disease of the nipple in a man: A case report
Authors
Dimitrios Peschos
Elena Tsanou
Pavlos Dallas
Konstantinos Charalabopoulos
Christos Kanaris
Anna Batistatou
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diagnostic Pathology / Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-3-42

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