Rare case of breast apocrine carcinoma in men: diagnostic difficulties and contribution of HER 2
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Said##Benamr; Amine Benkabbou; Mustapha Dahiri; Amine Souadka; Mohammed Anas##Majbar; Abdeslam Bougtab; Raouf Mohsine
- Source
- International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 4 (2019)
- Subject
- Chemotherapy
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
lcsh:R
Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
lcsh:Medicine
Apocrine Carcinoma
her 2
apocrine carcinoma
Radiation therapy
man
Breast Apocrine Carcinoma
Biopsy
Medicine
Radiology
business
Breast carcinoma
skin and connective tissue diseases
Mastectomy
breast
- Language
- English
Background: Breast apocrine carcinoma in men is an exceptional form of breast carcinoma. This tumor is frequently characterized by overexpression of HER2 oncoprotein. Our case is very rare and posed diagnostic difficulties. Case presentation: We report an exceptional case of breast apocrine carcinoma in a 53 years old man, diagnosed after axillary biopsy followed by axillary lymph node dissection and left mastectomy. The patient received additional chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Conclusion: The oncoprotein HER 2 allowed us to retain the diagnosis of apocrine carcinoma of mammary origin in our patient after discussion of the case in multidisciplinary consultation meeting.