Because metaplastic carcinoma of the breast encompasses a great variety of histopathology, diagnostic challenges abound, especially within the realm of cytology. The authors compiled and studied an eight-case series comprised of metaplastic breast carcinomas and lesions initially suspicious cytologically for metaplastic carcinoma in order to assess the degree of cytologic-histologic correlation...

Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast refers to a heterogenous group of mammary carcinomas that contain a mixture of various cell types, including squamous cells, spindle cells and/or a mesenchymal component, such as bone or cartilage. To the best of our knowledge, the clinical course of a tumour that has undergone a transformation from one type of metaplastic carcinoma to another subtype has not...

BACKGROUND Adenosquamous carcinoma of the breast is a rare form of metaplastic breast carcinoma. We report such a case in a 19 years old female. CASE PRESENTATION Case notes and histopathology were reviewed. Adenosquamous carcinoma was diagnosed on wide local excision and patient underwent skin-sparing mastectomy with Latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS Adenosquamous carcinoma...

Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare neoplasm containing a mixture of epithelial and mesenchymal elements. The epithelial component is usually ductal carcinoma but may include other variants of breast carcinomas including squamous carcinoma and osteogenic sarcoma. There is a relative paucity of data regarding such tumours. Metaplastic carcinoma carries a prognosis not dissimilar to that...

BACKGROUND. Metaplastic carcinoma is a rare form of breast carcinoma that often R. James Brenner, M.D. is confused with other benign and malignant entities. The diagnosis can be difficult Roderick R. Turner, M.D. to establish on both a clinical and conventional histopathologic basis. One report Vicki Schiller, M.D. recently described clinical and mammographic features dissimilar to the authors’...

Background: Fibromatosis-like metaplastic carcinoma is a newly described metaplastic breast tumor, literature on which is still evolving. Case presentation: A 77-year-old lady presented with a 2 × 2 cm mass with irregular margins in the upper and outer quadrant of left breast. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from the lump was inconclusive. A lumpectomy was performed and sent for frozen s...

While carcinoma of breast is common condition, stromal sarcomas are rare tumors of breast, amongst which fibrosarcoma accounts for 16% of cases. Only a few case reports are available in the international literature. We report a case of fibrosarcoma of breast, which presented as an un-encapsulated mass in the right breast of a 60-year-old female. This case was diagnosed after exclusion of all po...

OBJECTIVE Metaplastic carcinoma is a rare tumor showing high histological grade and low hormone receptor expression. It has pure epithelial and mixed types. Studies have suggested that metaplastic carcinomas may have a basal-like profile. Our aim was to evaluate the clinicopathological features of 11 metaplastic carcinomas and determine their resemblance to basal-like breast carcinomas regardin...

Abstract Background Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare type of carcinoma. It accounts for 0.2–1% all invasive The aim this study to investigate the radiological features tumor and correlate them with pathological findings. Results Of 22 patients pathology-proven metaplastic cancers, 18 (81.82%) presented palpable mass. majority mammogram findings were masses irregular shapes ( n = 12,...