J Korean Surg Soc.
2000 Dec;59(6):815-820.
Case of a Spindle Cell Metaplastic Carcinoma of the Breast
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- 1Department of Surgery, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijongbu, Korea.
- 2Department of Clinical Pathology, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijongbu, Korea.
Abstract
- A metaplastic carcinoma of the breast is a histologically diverse type of malignancy in which an adenocarcinoma is found to co-exist with an admixture of spindle cell, squamous, chondroid, or bone-forming neoplastic cells. Metaplastic breast cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all mammary tumors. An adenocarcinoma with spindle cell metaplasia is one of the least often recognized variants of a metaplastic carcinoma. The clinical behavior of this variant of metaplastic carcinoma has not yet been clearly defined. Herein, we report a case of spindle cell metaplastic carcinoma of the breast. We also present a review of the literature.
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