Male breast cancer is rare compared to female breast cancer, about 1% or all breast cane or. The cause of male breast cancer is as poorly understood, but several etiologic factors have been suggested in the literature. Proposed risk factors include ex...
Male breast cancer is rare compared to female breast cancer, about 1% or all breast cane or. The cause of male breast cancer is as poorly understood, but several etiologic factors have been suggested in the literature. Proposed risk factors include exogenous estrogen exposure, Klinefelter’s syndrome, gynecomastia and familial clustering. All of the microscopic types identified in the female breast have been encountered in males : the most common type is infiltrating duct carcinoma. Most often, it presents as a painless lump and subareolar in origin. Comparison with female breast cancer reveals no difference with regard to incidence of positive axillary lymph nodes. However there is a sightly lower survival rate for men. The stage of disease is the only parameter that significantly affects outcome.
We report a case of breast cancer arising right subareolar area in a 57 year-old male. There were no familial history, Klinefelter's syndrome and microscopic evidence of gynecomastia. Histologically, this tumor was infiltrating duct carcinoma disposed in nests sometimes glands .