Male occult triple-negative breast cancer

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Apr 20;12(4):e229482. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229482.

Abstract

Male breast cancer is a rare but important condition accounting for only 1% of breast cancer worldwide and less than 1% of all male malignancies. Occult male breast cancer is an extremely rare type of male breast cancer that manifests as axillary metastases without an identifiable breast lesion. We report a case of triple-negative occult male breast cancer who underwent modified radical mastectomy.

Keywords: breast cancer; breast surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Axilla / diagnostic imaging
  • Axilla / pathology
  • Axilla / surgery
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymph Nodes / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mastectomy, Modified Radical
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms / surgery