Clinical experience with axillary presentation breast cancer
โ Scribed by Viviana Galimberti; Gulliermo Bassani; Simonetta Monti; Serife Simsek; Gaetano Villa; Giuseppe Renne; Alberto Luini
- Book ID
- 106376781
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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The authors describe a 55-year-old man with an axillary mass. Physical examination of the breast was normal, and the patient had no risk factors for cancer of the male breast. A workup for other possible cancers was normal. Excisional biopsy of the mass revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma. The histol
## Abstract The presentation of cancer in an axillary lymph node without an obvious primary site is a diagnostic challenge. This is particularly true in female patients. A diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma consistent with occult breast primary requires further prompt therapy.