Journal of Medical & Surgical Pathology
Open Access
ISSN: 2472-4971
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2472-4971
+44 1223 790975
Marcela Adriana Durán Alvarez
Hospital Virgen del Puerto,
Cáceres
Spain
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 AlvarezMarcela 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