Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast, presenting as a cancer.
Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast, presenting as a cancer.
Gatti G, Viale G, Simsek S, Zurrida S, Intra M, Caldarella P, Luini A.
Senology Division, European Oncology Institute, Milan, Italy. [email protected]
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: Adenomyoepithelioma is a rare lesion that can involve the breast tissue. The diagnostic appearance of the lesion can give rise to a difficult differential diagnosis with breast carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We report our experience with a case of adenomyoepithelioma whose differential diagnosis with a breast carcinoma was particularly difficult, leading to surgery for definitive histology. DISCUSSION: Few papers are available with evidence about adenomyoepithelioma. The difficult differential diagnosis and the potentiality of malignant evolution of this lesion could in principle justify a conservative surgical approach for final histology.
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