Axillary chest wall solid-papillary carcinoma: A case report on presentation and management

Rare Tumors. 2023 Feb 6:15:20363613231155957. doi: 10.1177/20363613231155957. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Papillary breast carcinomas comprise <1% of all breast cancers. They are notorious among surgical pathologists for posing diagnostic difficulty, especially with small sample sizes, such as a core-needle biopsy and carry potential for overtreatment. Solid-papillary carcinoma is a subtype of papillary breast carcinomas that affects elderly females and generally has a favorable diagnosis in its in-situ form. This report focuses on the unique and clinically aggressive presentation and treatment of invasive solid-papillary carcinoma that was discovered along the axillary chest wall after an ipsilateral mastectomy for multifocal ductal carcinoma in situ.

Keywords: PALOMA 2; Papillary breast cancer; Recurrent breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports