CARCINOMA OF MALE BREAST: A RARE CASE REPORT FROM NORTH EAST INDIA WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Male breast cancer is a rare entity and accounts for 1% of all breast cancer cases with an average age of onset 67 years. Several risk factors have been identified, such as genetic and hormonal abnormalities. Even though more data is emerging about this disease, the poor level of awareness often results in late presentation and delayed diagnosis in our country.The present study reported the case of a 63 year old man who was diagnosed with an advanced invasive ductal carcinoma without any important risk factors. The case is presented for the rarity and to discuss awareness, regarding early diagnosis and proper management.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Indian Journal of Case Reports

• Publication date

  2019-06-30

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.32677/IJCR.2019.V05.I03.007
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Aromatase inhibitors in male breast cancer: a pooled analysis

  2015cited by this paper
• Male breast cancer: presenting as synchronous, large, bilateral masses.

  2014cited by this paper
• Diagnosis and Management of Male Breast Cancer

  2008influential reference
• Male breast cancer: a review of clinical management

  2007cited by this paper
• Comparative Epidemiology of Breast Cancer Among Men and Women in the US, 1996 to 2000

  2006cited by this paper
• Epidemiology of male breast cancer.

  2005cited by this paper
• Breast carcinoma in men

  2004cited by this paper
• Male breast carcinoma

  1999cited by this paper
• [Male breast cancer].

  1989cited by this paper
• [Carcinoma of the male breast].

  1984influential reference

• No citing papers are available for this paper.