Aggressive Male Breast Cancer-Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects Correlated with the Histopathological Examination: A Case Report and Literature Review

Breast cancer is often seen as a disease that occurs in women, but it can also appear in men in a very small percentage, below 1%. Men have a minimal amount of breast tissue compared to women, which has the potential to become malignant in a similar way to women, although much less frequently. A pat...

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Published inMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 59; no. 12; p. 2167
Main Authors Petrescu, Ana-Maria, Pirici, Nicolae-Daniel, Ruxanda, Anca-Ileana, Vasile, Liviu, Pîrșcoveanu, Mircea, Paitici, Ștefan, Petrescu, Gabriel-Sebastian, Munteanu, Alexandru Claudiu, Matei, Ramona-Andreea, Dumitrache, Daniel, Donoiu, Andreas, Mogoantă, Stelian-Ștefăniță
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 01.12.2023
Subjects
Biopsy
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Case reports
Cloning
Estrogens
Females
Health aspects
histopathological examination
immunohistochemical reactions
Literature reviews
Lymphatic system
male breast cancer
Mastectomy
Mens health
Metastasis
Mutation
Surgery
treatment
Womens health
Romania
male breast cancer
histopathological examination
treatment
immunohistochemical reactions
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Summary:Breast cancer is often seen as a disease that occurs in women, but it can also appear in men in a very small percentage, below 1%. Men have a minimal amount of breast tissue compared to women, which has the potential to become malignant in a similar way to women, although much less frequently. A patient presented with advanced local invasion due to the low amount of breast tissue, with the tumor quickly invading the adjacent structures. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations have an extremely important role in the pathology of breast cancer. Given that male breast cancer is rare and there are not enough surgeons specializing in breast surgery in our country, there is a lack of experience in the management and early diagnosis of this type of cancer, which will be highlighted in this article.
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ISSN:1648-9144
1010-660X
1648-9144
DOI:10.3390/medicina59122167