Male breast cancer. Case report

Authors

  • Jorge Chafic Chehab Andrade SOLCA. Unidad de Cirugía. Departamento de Cirugía Oncológica. Guayaquil - Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-8563
  • Hector Daniel Montes Lainez SOLCA. Unidad de Cirugía. Departamento de Cirugía Oncológica. Guayaquil - Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3243-456X
  • Nathaly Paola Campoverde Vilela SOLCA. Unidad de Cirugía. Departamento de Cirugía Oncológica. Guayaquil - Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.40.01.07

Keywords:

breast neoplasms, oncology, mastectomy

Abstract

Introduction: Male breast cancer is an uncommon disease, it represents less than 1% of all types of cancer in this sex, and worldwide it represents only 0.2% of all types of cancer´s death.

Clinical case: It is a case of a 68-year-old male patient, with no significant history, with a painless retro areolar mass of 1-year evolution, with progressive growth, which retracts the skin of his nipple, the physical examination showed an immobile lesion of 3 cm with axillary adenopathy of 2 cm in level II, (T2N1MX, Stage IIB), An incisional biopsy was performed with a report of infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Due to initial tumor staging, it was decided to perform neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a CT protocol, and a modified radical mastectomy was performed late, subsequently adjuvant radiotherapy and hormonal therapy were applied. After a year of control, there are no signs of tumor recurrence

Conclusion: as soon as any malignant breast pathology is suspected in males, it should be staged and treated in a similar way to females.

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Published

2022-05-07

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2022): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

Section

Clinical Case

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