Caso Clínico: Carcinoma Papilar Sólido de Mama

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Solid papillary carcinoma of the breast is a rare subtype of mammary carcinomas corresponding to 1 – 2 % and mainly in postmenopausal women. It is diagnosis from the clinical, imaging and pathological point of view is difficult. The treatment is not standardized due to the low percentage of cases reported, conservative surgery, radiotherapy is currently accepted, and controversy exists in hormone therapy and axillary emptying, as lymph node metastases amount to only 2 %. It is prognosis is good and the most common complication is local recurrence. CASE REPORT: An 80-year-old female patient attended the consultation by presented a mass at the level of the left breast when performing the self-examination, where identified a 2 cm nodule. EVOLUTION: Mammography, mammary ultrasound and mammary cytology outcome in a tumor, was initially considered as Phyllodes. After the diagnosis a lumpectomy was performed, and the pathology of the surgical piece was of a solid papillary carcinoma, then received radiotherapy and surveillance. CONCLUSIONS: Self-examination was a fundamental pillar in the diagnosis of this case and alerts the patient to seek medical assessment. Being a rare case, the definitive diagnosis was pathology.