Pilomatrixoma breast mimicking carcinoma

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2005 Apr;15(4):248-9.

Abstract

A 50-year-old male with a painless progressively increasing lump of right breast, misdiagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology as carcinoma breast, operated for modified radical mastectomy, is presented here. Histopathology of the resected specimen revealed pilomatrixoma.

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / surgery
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hair Diseases / pathology*
  • Hair Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mastectomy, Radical
  • Middle Aged
  • Pilomatrixoma / pathology*
  • Pilomatrixoma / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery