Cystic hypersecretory ductal carcinoma (CHDC): a rare distinctive variant of ductal carcinoma

Ashley DiPasquale; Lashan Peiris; Svetlana Silverman

doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-235488

Cystic hypersecretory ductal carcinoma (CHDC): a rare distinctive variant of ductal carcinoma

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 21;14(7):e235488. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235488.

Authors

Ashley DiPasquale^{1

2}, Lashan Peiris^{2

3}, Svetlana Silverman^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA adipasqu@ualberta.ca.
² Department of General Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³ Covenant Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Abstract

Cystic hypersecretory ductal carcinoma (CHDC) is a rare distinctive variant of ductal carcinoma that behaves in a low-grade fashion. This rare form of breast malignancy has only been reported a handful of times in the surgical literature. This article outlines the clinical presentation, workup and management of a 43-year-old woman who presented with a bilobed cystic mass of the right breast diagnosed as CHDC.

Keywords: breast cancer; breast surgery; pathology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Breast Neoplasms*
Carcinoma in Situ*
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast* / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast* / surgery
Female
Humans