Journal of Medical & Surgical Pathology
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Marcela Adriana Durán Alvarez

Publications

• Case Report
  Glycogen-rich Clear Cell Carcinoma of Breast: A Case with an Unusual Macroscopic Presentation and A Good Clinical Outcome
  Author(s): Marcela Adriana Durán Alvarez Marcela Adriana Durán Alvarez
  
  Background: Glycogen-rich clear cell breast carcinoma is a rare histological subtype of breast carcinoma with intermediate-high grade histology, mostly detected as a breast lump with unfavourable prognosis and an aggressive clinical course. Herein is described a case detected on a screening program as two groups of microcalcifications within a non-palpable area of parenchymal distortion in the upper-outer quadrant of the right breast. Fine needle aspiration cytology confirmed malignancy. Distant metastases were ruled out. The patient underwent a quadrantectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy followed by a modified radical mastectomy. She was alive and disease free four years after conventional chemotherapy. Materials and methods: Quadrantectomy and mastectomy specimens were processed for routine histology. Three sentinel lymph nodes were analys.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-4971.1000139

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