TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features
T2 - A case report with cytopathologic details
AU - Murata, Tetsuya
AU - Ihara, Shinji
AU - Nakayama, Tsuyoshi
AU - Nakagawa, Shun ichi
AU - Higashiguchi, Takashi
AU - Imai, Takazumi
AU - Nakano, Hiroshi
AU - Shiraishi, Taizo
AU - Kuroda, Makoto
AU - Moriya, Takuya
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A case of breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features (BCCF) is reported. The patient was a 38-year-old Japanese female with a long history of schizophrenia. Her nursing staff noticed a palpable mass in her right breast, which showed rapid growth. Following cytopathologic confirmation of a malignant breast tumor, she underwent mastectomy with ipsilateral axillary lymph node dissection. Histologic examination revealed BCCF, which was positive for placental alkaline phosphatase and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) by immunohistochemistry. The serum HCG level was high. She died 7 months postoperatively, with multiple metastases of BCCF to the chest wall, lung and liver.
AB - A case of breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features (BCCF) is reported. The patient was a 38-year-old Japanese female with a long history of schizophrenia. Her nursing staff noticed a palpable mass in her right breast, which showed rapid growth. Following cytopathologic confirmation of a malignant breast tumor, she underwent mastectomy with ipsilateral axillary lymph node dissection. Histologic examination revealed BCCF, which was positive for placental alkaline phosphatase and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) by immunohistochemistry. The serum HCG level was high. She died 7 months postoperatively, with multiple metastases of BCCF to the chest wall, lung and liver.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features
KW - Choriocarcinoma
KW - Human chorionic gonadotropin
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00940.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00940.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 10504554
AN - SCOPUS:0032716473
SN - 1320-5463
VL - 49
SP - 816
EP - 819
JO - Pathology International
JF - Pathology International
IS - 9
ER -
