Journal of Cytology & Histology

Sandra Villani

Publications

• Case Report
  Clinical-Pathological Features of an Occult Mixed Mucinous Male Breast Cancer: A Case Report
  Author(s): Ilaria Lamberti, Adriana Bonifacino, Stefania Scarpino, Sandra Villani, Rita Mancini, Elisabetta Carico, Maria Rosaria Giovagnoli and Enrico GiarnieriIlaria Lamberti, Adriana Bonifacino, Stefania Scarpino, Sandra Villani, Rita Mancini, Elisabetta Carico, Maria Rosaria Giovagnoli and Enrico Giarnieri
  
  Mucinous carcinoma of the male breast is an uncommon malignant breast neoplasm and its diagnoses remain difficult. It is probably due to such a low rate of breast cancer cases that men tend to be diagnosed at an older age than women and with a later stage of the disease. We describe a case of a 69-year-old male who displayed a palpable lump in his right axilla several years ago, showing signs of cutaneous adnexal mucinous adenocarcinoma after biopsy. After six years and several clinical examination and systemic investigation without results, the patient underwent to fine needle aspiration cytology and subsequently a biopsy of a mass with irregular margins in the retroareolar region of his right breast. The final diagnosis was of a mixed mucinous breast cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation. The tumor cells phenotype showed Synaptophisin (+), CEA (+/-), CK-20 (-), CK-7 (+), TTF-1 .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7099.1000493

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