Case report reveals carcinoma with apocrine differentiation in an elderly female, suggesting unique pathological characteristics.
Carcinoma of the breast with extensive apocrine differentiation constitutes fewer 1 than 1% of breast cancers .Apocrine carcinomas are defined as showing cytologic and immunohistochemical features of apocrine cells in greater than 90% 1 of the tumor cells .Here we report a case of an 80 year old female who presented with a breast lump which was diagnosed as carcinoma breast with apocrine differentiation.
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