Title
Mucinous carcinoma of the breast: a case report and review of the literature
Other title
Carcinoma mucinoso de la mama: reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura
Date Issued
27 July 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abstract
Mucinous carcinoma of the breast is a rare histological type, which represents between 1 and 4% of breast cancers. Treatment does not differ from other histological types, and it occurs more frequently in older adult women. Prognosis is good. We report the case of a 72-year-old patient with a 1-year disease course characterized by the appearance of a slow-growing tumor in the left upper quadrant of the left breast, in which the core biopsy showed mucinous breast carcinoma of a low nuclear grade. The patient underwent quadrantectomy plus a sentinel node biopsy, which confirmed the initial diagnosis.
Start page
e7003
Volume
17
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Oncología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046576123
PubMed ID
Source
Medwave
ISSN of the container
07176384
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus