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Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast

  • K. Brack1
  • P. C. G. I. Ramaekers1
  • W. A. A. Tjalma1,*,

1University Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerp (UMBA), Edegem, Belgium

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200305384 Vol.24,Issue 5,September 2003 pp.384-386

Published: 10 September 2003

*Corresponding Author(s): W. A. A. Tjalma E-mail:

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Abstract

Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast is a rare neoplasm. We herein report two cases of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast, each with a different clinical manifestation. A 75-year-old patient with bilateral breast cancer and a 73-year-old woman with a mastitis carcinomatosa. Histopathology revealed that both tumours were squamous cell carcinomas. In the first case there was a coexisting adenocarcinoma in the contralateral breast. The diagnostic and therapeutic challenges are discussed in a review of the literature. The initial management of primary squamous cell carcinoma should be slightly different to that of more common types of breast cancer.

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Squamous cell carcinoma; Breast

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K. Brack,P. C. G. I. Ramaekers,W. A. A. Tjalma. Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2003. 24(5);384-386.

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