[Malignant myoepithelial breast carcinoma: diagnosis and therapeutic difficulties]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2013 May;41(5):334-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2012.07.032. Epub 2012 Sep 5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast is a rare and malignant tumor. Local recurrence and distant metastasis are common. Treatment is not consensual. Here, we report a case of a 61-year-old female who developed a myoepithelial carcinoma. Primary treatment was a local wide excision with clear pathological margins. Three years later, a local recurrence was treated by further wide excision. Neither recurrences nor distant metastasis were detected four years later. Regular following of patients with myoepithelial carcinoma is essential.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myoepithelioma / diagnosis*
  • Myoepithelioma / pathology
  • Myoepithelioma / surgery*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery*
  • Palpation