Solid papillary carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine features in a pregnant woman: a case report.
Summary of "Solid papillary carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine features in a pregnant woman: a case report."
Solid papillary carcinoma, a special form of breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation, usually presents in women aged 60 years or more. (Koern, 2010). According to our best knowledge, we present the second case of such a tumor in pregnant women.
Affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, Medical College of Jagiellonian University, Cracow University Hospital, Cracow, Poland.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Neuro endocrinology letters
ISSN: 0172-780X
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21876491
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor
A transplantable, poorly differentiated malignant tumor which appeared originally as a spontaneous breast carcinoma in a mouse. It grows in both solid and ascitic forms.
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
A group of carcinomas which share a characteristic morphology, often being composed of clusters and trabecular sheets of round "blue cells", granular chromatin, and an attenuated rim of poorly demarcated cytoplasm. Neuroendocrine tumors include carcinoids, small ("oat") cell carcinomas, medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, Merkel cell tumor, cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma, pancreatic islet cell tumors, and pheochromocytoma. Neurosecretory granules are found within the tumor cells. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular
A thyroid neoplasm of mixed papillary and follicular arrangement. Its biological behavior and prognosis is the same as that of a papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1271)
Carcinoma 256, Walker
A transplantable carcinoma of the rat that originally appeared spontaneously in the mammary gland of a pregnant albino rat, and which now resembles a carcinoma in young transplants and a sarcoma in older transplants. (Stedman, 25th ed)
Carcinoma, Lobular
A infiltrating (invasive) breast cancer, relatively uncommon, accounting for only 5%-10% of breast tumors in most series. It is often an area of ill-defined thickening in the breast, in contrast to the dominant lump characteristic of ductal carcinoma. It is typically composed of small cells in a linear arrangement with a tendency to grow around ducts and lobules. There is likelihood of axillary nodal involvement with metastasis to meningeal and serosal surfaces. (DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1205)
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