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Breast apocrine carcinoma

MedGen UID:
272319
•Concept ID:
C1332316
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: apocrine adenocarcinoma of breast; Apocrine Breast Carcinoma; apocrine breast carcinoma; Apocrine Carcinoma of Breast; apocrine carcinoma of breast; Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast; apocrine carcinoma of the breast; breast apocrine adenocarcinoma; Breast Apocrine Carcinoma; breast apocrine carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003934

Definition

An adenocarcinoma of the breast characterized by the presence of two intermingled cellular components: cells with abundant granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm, and cells with abundant cytoplasm containing fine empty vacuoles. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBreast apocrine carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnostic impact of (18)F-FDG PET/CT on the management of rare breast carcinomas: Apocrine and neuroendocrine carcinomas.
Arslan E, Çermik TF, Didem Can Trabulus F, Canan Kelten Talu E, Başaran Ş
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed) 2019 May-Jun;38(3):147-153. Epub 2019 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2018.11.007. PMID: 30914287

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Molecular and diagnostic features of apocrine breast lesions.
Gromov P, Espinoza JA, Gromova I
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2015;15(8):1011-22. Epub 2015 Jun 25 doi: 10.1586/14737159.2015.1057125. PMID: 26111757
Incidental detection of breast apocrine carcinoma via endometrial cytology.
Shiota M, Kotani Y, Umemoto M, Tobiume T, Hoshiai H
Tohoku J Exp Med 2011 Dec;225(4):235-7. doi: 10.1620/tjem.225.235. PMID: 22041622

Therapy

Incidental detection of breast apocrine carcinoma via endometrial cytology.
Shiota M, Kotani Y, Umemoto M, Tobiume T, Hoshiai H
Tohoku J Exp Med 2011 Dec;225(4):235-7. doi: 10.1620/tjem.225.235. PMID: 22041622

Prognosis

Incidental detection of breast apocrine carcinoma via endometrial cytology.
Shiota M, Kotani Y, Umemoto M, Tobiume T, Hoshiai H
Tohoku J Exp Med 2011 Dec;225(4):235-7. doi: 10.1620/tjem.225.235. PMID: 22041622

Clinical prediction guides

Molecular and diagnostic features of apocrine breast lesions.
Gromov P, Espinoza JA, Gromova I
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2015;15(8):1011-22. Epub 2015 Jun 25 doi: 10.1586/14737159.2015.1057125. PMID: 26111757
Incidental detection of breast apocrine carcinoma via endometrial cytology.
Shiota M, Kotani Y, Umemoto M, Tobiume T, Hoshiai H
Tohoku J Exp Med 2011 Dec;225(4):235-7. doi: 10.1620/tjem.225.235. PMID: 22041622

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