Neuroendocrine Breast Carcinoma: Interesting Images of an Underdiagnosed Entity-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Neuroendocrine Breast Carcinoma: Interesting Images of an Underdiagnosed Entity

Published:2024-05-29 Issue:11 Volume:14 Page:1133
ISSN:2075-4418
Container-title:Diagnostics
language:en
Short-container-title:Diagnostics

Author:

Kosmidis Christoforos¹,Boulogeorgou Kassiani²^ORCID,Roulia Panagiota¹^ORCID,Dagher Marios¹,Anthimidis Georgios³,Petrakis Georgios²^ORCID,Koulouris Charilaos¹,Mantalovas Stylianos¹^ORCID,Laskou Styliani¹^ORCID,Magra Vasiliki¹^ORCID,Karakousis Vasileios Alexandros¹^ORCID,Sevva Christina¹^ORCID,Paschou Eleni¹^ORCID,Stergios Vasileios¹,Kosmidis Stylianos⁴^ORCID,Mystakidou Chrysi Maria⁵^ORCID,Theodorou Vasiliki⁵,Katsios Nikolaos Iason⁶^ORCID,Koletsa Triantafyllia²,Sapalidis Konstantinos¹^ORCID,Kesisoglou Isaak¹

Affiliation:

1. 3rd Surgical Department, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki “AHEPA”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1st St. Kiriakidi Street, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece

3. European Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece

4. Department of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, y.B.Apo15A, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

5. Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

6. Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer of the female gender. A rare subtype of breast cancer is the invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) with neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation. Its incident is believed to be 0.1% to 5% of all breast cancers. We report a rare case of a 66-year old woman who presented with an isolated nodule of the left breast. The patient underwent modified radical mastectomy. Pathology revealed invasive breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation. Invasive breast carcinoma is an extremely rare group of neoplasms, the exact frequency of which cannot be determined with current data. Therefore, it is necessary for future studies to focus on the pathophysiology of this subtype of breast cancer and on the potential therapeutic approaches.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/11/1133/pdf

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