Breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features: A case report with cytopathologic details

Tetsuya Murata; Shinji Ihara; Tsuyoshi Nakayama; Shun ichi Nakagawa; Takashi Higashiguchi; Takazumi Imai; Hiroshi Nakano; Taizo Shiraishi; Makoto Kuroda; Takuya Moriya

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00940.x

Breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features: A case report with cytopathologic details

Tetsuya Murata
, Shinji Ihara
, Tsuyoshi Nakayama
, Shun ichi Nakagawa
, Takashi Higashiguchi
, Takazumi Imai
, Hiroshi Nakano
, Taizo Shiraishi
, Makoto Kuroda
, Takuya Moriya

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	816-819
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pathology International
Volume	49
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00940.x
Publication status	Published - 1999

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