| Mucinous carcinoma of the breast | |
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| Other names | Colloid carcinoma of the breast |
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| Gross pathology (upper left) of biopsies of mucinous carcinoma shows gelatinous areas. Histopathology shows clusters or nests of tumor cells floating in pools of extracellular mucin.[1] | |
| Specialty | Oncology, Breast surgery |
| Symptoms | Colloid carcinoma, gelatinous carcinoma, mucoid carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma[1] |
Histopathologic types of breast cancer, with relative incidences and prognoses, with "mucinous (colloid) carcinoma" at right.
Mucinous carcinoma of the breast is a form of mucinous carcinoma and a breast cancer type. Rare cases of this carcinoma have been diagnosed in men (see male breast cancer).[2]
References
- 1 2 Carissa LaBoy, M.D., Kalliopi P. Siziopikou, M.D., Ph.D. "Breast - Other carcinoma subtypes, WHO classified - Mucinous". Pathology Outlines.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Topic Completed: 23 February 2021. Minor changes: 23 February 2021 - ↑ Nofal MN, Yousef AJ (December 2019). "The diagnosis of male breast cancer". The Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 77 (10): 356–359. PMID 31880271.
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