Ten-year follow-up of mammary carcinoma arising in microglandular adenosis treated with breast conservation

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Jan;127(1):77-80. doi: 10.5858/2003-127-77-TYFUOM.

Abstract

adenosis is a rare proliferative lesion of the breast that may mimic carcinoma grossly and histologically. Although the lesion in its simplest form is benign, it can give rise to carcinoma, which may be found at the time of diagnosis in a minority of cases. Limited follow-up data have indicated no predisposition to develop subsequent carcinoma in patients treated with excisional biopsy for microglandular adenosis when carcinoma was not initially present. Breast conservation has rarely been used in patients with carcinoma arising in microglandular adenosis. We report here the unique 10-year follow-up of a woman who underwent breast conservation treatment for carcinoma that arose in microglandular adenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / etiology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / etiology
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / pathology
  • Female
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / complications*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / pathology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Mastectomy, Segmental*