Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Hospital of The University, AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia.
Med Arch. 2022 Apr;76(2):149-151. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2022.76.149-151.
Ectopic breast tissues (EBT) are developmental abnormality found in 1-6% of normal population. Like an orthotopic breast tissue, ectopic breast may have similar pathological changes including malignancy. Breast cancer as well as ectopic breast tissue in male are extremely rare. We present a case of ectopic breast carcinoma (EBC) in middle aged man mimicking keloid.
A forty-two-year-old Indo-Aryan male referred from primary health care to the dermatology clinic with firm multi-nodular, non-tender, fleshy sessile mass on his right axilla measuring two by three cm in diameter. Excision of this lesion revealed moderately differentiated ductal carcinoma consistent with ectopic breast carcinoma.
We report this case to shed light on such a rare condition and to keep in mind that ectopic breast carcinoma should be in differential diagnosis of any suspicious mass in axillae.
异位乳腺组织(EBT)是一种在 1-6%的正常人群中发现的发育异常。与正常乳腺组织一样,异位乳腺可能存在相似的病理变化,包括恶性肿瘤。乳腺癌以及男性的异位乳腺组织极为罕见。我们报告了一例中年男性的异位乳腺癌(EBC)病例,其表现为酷似瘢痕疙瘩的表现。
一名 42 岁的印度雅利安男性,因右腋窝有一个两乘三厘米大的坚实多结节、无痛、肉质无蒂肿块,从初级保健机构转诊至皮肤科诊所。切除该病变后,显示为中度分化的导管癌,符合异位乳腺癌。
我们报告这个病例是为了阐明这种罕见的情况,并提醒注意,在腋窝任何可疑肿块的鉴别诊断中,都应考虑到异位乳腺癌的可能性。