APOCRINE CARCINOMA - A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF SIX CASES
Abstract
Apocrine carcinomas are rare
variants of ductal carcinomas of breast.
Our hospital hasrecorded six cases of apocrine
carcinoma of breast over a period of
five years. The mean age ofthese cases
was 53.5 years and all cases were recorded
in females with predilection for right
sidebreast. In one case, the carcinoma
was bilateral, presenting with right sided
apocrine carcinoma andleft sided ductal
carcinoma of comedo type.Two cases
showed Her2Neu overexpression whichcarries
an unfavourable outcome.The
prognosis of apocrine carcinoma is the
same as that ofinfiltrating ductal carcinoma
of no special type
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