Ectopic breast tissue may be affected by the same diseases and alterations that affect topical breast tissue. Nevertheless, reports of fibroadenoma of the axilla are rare.
OBJECTIVETo describe a case of fibroadenoma in an axillary ectopic breast tissue.
CASE REPORTA 21 yrs. old woman presented with mass in left axilla since 1 yr., which was gradually increasing in size and not associated with menstrual cyclical disturbance. O/E: Lump of size 4×3 present in left axilla, mobile and non-tender. Breast USG and mammography was reported normal. HPE revealed findings consistent with fibroadenoma.
A Salivary Duct Carcinoma (SDC) is an uncommon high grade, aggressive malignant with high rate of recurrence having frequent perineural and lymphovascular invasion. Salivary duct carcinoma accounts for 1% to 3% of all malignant salivary gland tumours. About 200 cases have been reported in the English literature. Histologically SDC is similar to a breast ductal carcinoma. Due to rarity of this malignancy, no consistent therapeutic concept and protocol is available in literature. However, total parotidectomy with neck dissection and adjuvant radiotherapy appear to be appropriate treatment for a salivary duct carcinoma.
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