Mucinous breast carcinoma presenting as Paget's disease of the nipple in a man: A case report

Male breast cancer is rare compared to its female counterpart representing less than 1% of cancer in men. Moreover, mucinous carcinoma of the male breast is an extremely rare histological subtype of malignancy.

Paget disease of the nipple is also a condition rarely observed in males. Case presentationHerein, we describe a unique case of an 86 years old man with mucinous breast cancer presenting as Paget disease of the nipple.

According to the immunohistochemical evaluation the neoplastic cells were positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors.

Conclusion: To our best knowledge this is the first case reported of mucinous male breast cancer presenting as Paget disease of the nipple.

Author: Dimitrios Peschos, Elena Tsanou, Pavlos Dallas, Konstantinos Charalabopoulos, Christos Kanaris and Anna Batistatou
Credits/Source: Diagnostic Pathology 2008, 3:42

Published on: 2008-10-24

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