[Pregnancy, breast cancer and tumor infarction]

An Med Interna. 1996 Jan;13(1):31-3.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Breast cancer is infrequently associated with pregnancy. However, such cases often pose diagnostic and treatment problems. The infarction of breast lesions is likewise uncommon, and generally hinders intraoperative morphologic diagnosis. A 33-year-old woman in the 37th week of pregnancy presented with a breast tumoration of progressively increasing size and associating mastalgia. Following fine-needle aspiration and trut-cut biopsy with posterior amplified tumorectomy and axillary dissection, a ductal neoplasm was identified with an infarction affecting 90% of the tumoral surface. The where no axillary adenopathies, and the patient was estrogen receptor-negative. An analysis is made of this rare association of pregnancy and infarcted breast cancer, with an evaluation of the role of fine-needle aspiration and/or gestation may play in the occurrence of tumor infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / blood supply*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infarction* / pathology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third