VOLUME 39 - NUMBER 4 - 2018

Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: case report and literature review


  • Antonelli M.S., Mallel G., Pecoraro A., Vitale V., Maggi S., Lombardi A., Stanzani G., Amanti C.
  • Clinical practice, 255-257
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  • Adenomyoepithelioma are uncommon tumors. The majority of them occur in women in the fifth and sixth decades who usually present with a self-palpated, solitary breast mass or a lesion identified on mammography. We report the case of adenomyoepithelioma of the breast with malignant transformation of both myoepitheliel and epithelial components diagnosed as malignancy during the preoperative stage in a seventy-six year old woman.

  • KEY WORDS: Breast cancer - Breast adenomyoepithelioma.